Evening star., 1900-09-19
.FILIPIN @ RELICS
Collection Made by Colonel Hilder Of
Smithsonian Institution.
FOR PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION
Illustrative of War and Peace in
Country's New Possessions.
MANY FANCY RT1CLES

A thoroughly comprehensive and eXcep-
tionaly interesting collection, illustrative
Of Filipino life in peace, in battle, in work
and play, and containing many valuable
relies and munitions of war, is being un-
packed and overhauled in this city pre-
paratory TO being shipped to Buffalo, NJ Y.
There the collection will form unique
and attractive feature of the government
exhibit at the Pan-American exposition
Eext year. With the conclusion of the
Buffalo show the display will be reshipped
to Washington and here placed on view in
the National Museum.
The collection was made by Col. F. F.
Hilder of the bureau of American ethnol-
cgy, Smithsonian Institution, who recently
returned from a sojourn Of five months in
the Philippine Islands. Col. Hlder is now
in charge of the valuable assemblage of
Filipino handiwork at the warehouse. 314
10th street and under his direction it will
be assorted. incased and catalogued prior
to being put on view at the exhibition. Col.
Hilder has made three trips to the Philip
pines. When he was commissioned to make
the present collection. being acquainted
with the customs end accomplishments of
the Filipinos and being aware of the in
terest that would attach TO something
tangible and characteristic from the wild
islands, he had in mind just what was
wanted. He succeeded in securing all he
desired. although put to great trouble i'm
some instances, and returned to America
convinced of the completeness of the col
lection from the far eastern islands.
Models and Apparatus.
The collection is rich in instructive quail
ties in addition to appealing to the curl
osity and to the interest taken i'm all things
orfl linip IN he
Pile, there in the collection number
Of models of Filipino houses, modes OF
transportation, and the apparatus employed
in the manufacture of the various pro-
ducts of the archipelago. In a number OF
cases the apparatus has been brought over
In working sizes. This is true of Il native
loom, made of bamboo. The loom is shown
with part Of the finished cloth on it. A lay
figure of a Filipino woman operator will be
added when the affair is set up in the gov
ernment building at Buffalo.
A great ma jorty of the implements, the
curios and the articles of hand made and
otherwise manufactured goods are done
from bamboo, palm and grass. A complete
set of bamboo furniture, original and at
tractive In design, is a feature of the ex-
hibit.
A large wooden mortar. quite similar in
design to the smaller implements of the
same character used in drug stores of this
country for compromising medicines, is wor-
have been used by the natives for centuries
for beating and husking rice The vessel
is known as "luZon," and 1t Is from 1t
the of the principal island in the
Philippine groups derives 1t The
Spanards found the mortars in such gen
eral use throughout what is now IuZon that
they determined to give the island the name.
Large wooden clubs or pestles are used
for beating the rice, and several of these
are included in the display.
Col Hilder secured for the collection
complete set of tools used in each trade
practiced in the Philippine Islands The
bamboo machines employed in the treat
ment of rice after 1t has been through the
mortaring process are also shown. Sam
pies of loo varieties of wood to be found
in the islands are arranged in a cabinet
Samples of all the many fabrics and styles
OF embroidery peculiar 20 the Philippines
and their people are included, together with
much handsome carved wood articles and
specimens OF all sorts of art workmanship.
Implements of War.
In the general collection is beautiful
set of arms used by the MOros. The knives
are made of the finest stee are very heavy
and look exceedingly dangerous. Some OF
these knives have blades made with a wavy
edge. and 1t was probably from them the
modern bread knife has been patterned
weapon secured from a Moro chief at some
expense has a solid silver handle; another
has the handle of Spanish cutlass, while
still others are ornamented with carved
ivory and horn. The knives have elaborate
ly carved sheaths. Col. Hilder also secured
a shield containing in small mode, form the
complete outfit of "A Moro warrior, every
class and variety of weapon used by that
race being shown.
In the Philippines, as is pretty generally
known. glass is almost, II not entirely, un-
known. In the windows of the finer houses
a thin shell Is used. the sashes being di-
vided up into small panes. The shell Is
translucent and serves at the same time to
break the direct rays of the sun
Strange as it may seem, considering the
tropical climate of the Philippines, there
Is included in the governments collection
from the archipelago the model Of a sled
IN common and constant use in certain of
the islands. OF course there is no snow
but during the rainy season the roads be-
come so clogged with mud as to be i'm
passabie as far as any wheeled vehicle is
concerned. The sled is used at such times