129515 Catalog Card
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| Title | 129515 Catalog Card |
| Description | scan of catalog card[FRONT][MAIN BODY] Field Museum of Natural History. | [Field Museum Subject Code written in red] 34-36 | Country: Philippine Islands. | Locality: South Central Mindanao. | People: Bila=an. Stock. | Name: B?h?l :- Bow and arrows. The bow is same type as 129514 but is made of palmabrava. Two arrows are double headed, one has three points. Reed shafts with designs burned in. | Collection: R.F. Cummings Philippine Expedition, 1909=1911. F.C. Cole, Collector. | Notes: No arrows, used by this tribe, are feathered (over) | Width: | Length: | Height: |Price: ?.80 |[LEFT MARGIN] A | 129515 | 1-4 | (1829) | ENT | 1139 | Acc. [1115 was crossed out] | [Cursive capital L] | [BACK] The old men of this tribe claim that until recent years the bow and arrow was their sole offensive weapon. It is certain that today they have a greater variety of arrows and are more skillful in their use than any of their neighbor.s The bows are of palma brava, andare exceedingly hard, but of pliable wood; the strings are of rattan and are attached in a peculiar manner. The arrow shafts are made of reeds while the heads vary according to the sort of game for which they are used. So far as is known, the Bila-an of Davao Gulf do notpoison their weapons. |
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| Summary | 129515 | 1829 - 129515 Catalog Card, [0.39 MB], (application/pdf) |
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