The Collection of Primitive Weapons and Armor of the Philippine Islands in the United States National Museum (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from The Collection of Primitive Weapons and Armor of the Philippine Islands in the United States National Museum History of the weapon collections in the United States National Museum from the Philippine Islands. - The earliest accessions to the weapon collection from Malaysia came from the United States exploring expedition, 1838-1842, under Capt., later Admiral, Charles Wilkes. Objects included were such as could be obtained at the ports of call, Manila, Singapore, and other seaports in eastern and western Malaysia. The swords, daggers, spears, and other weapons obtained by this expedition show but little trace of recent European design and influence. The weapons obtained by the Wilkes expedition are thus of great value in any study and classification of the early influences other than European which have operated in shaping the design and technic of the metal work, arms, and armor of the Philippine Islands. The collection was brought to Washington and unpacked at the United States Patent Office where the weapons were exhibited for several years. In 1851 they were transferred to the Smithsonian Building. A catalogue of the collection was made by T. R. Peale, of the Patent Office, in 1846 and presented to the United States National Museum in January, 1877. Under the stimulus aroused by the Spanish-American War and the native insurrection in the Philippines, additional accessions of Philippine weapons and armor began to arrive at the National museum. Most of the collectors were officers in the United States Army. As the field of operations of the Army was widespread throughout the islands of the Philippine Archipelago, it was possible to include in the collections weapons from those sections where the natives were especially adept in the metal crafts. It is through the interest and cooperation primarily of officers of the United States Army that the weapon collection from the Philippine islands in the United States National Museum is of a comprehensive and representative nature. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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