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A. G. Maisey · 16th February 2008, 02:16 PM

Sometimes I get mighty pissed-off with myself.

I'm always telling people that I hate hypothesis without evidence or logical support and here I have been engaging in childish playing with random ideas instead of doing what I should have done in the first place:- gotten off of my fat butt and used my brain.

Reference :- Smithsonian Institution, United States National Museum Bulletin137, The Collection of Primitive Weapons and Armour of the Philippine Islands in the United States National Museum, Herbert W. Krieger, Washington Government Printing Office 1926. Pages 49-52.

Too much to quote here, but these spears with long thin shafts and the provision for fixation of a cord are most likely to be hunting spears,used as harpoons, not war spears.

The spear-thrower was unknown in the Philippine Islands.

If nothing else, I think this error of mine has clearly demonstrated how ridiculous it is to hypothesize on something about which one knows nothing.

16th February 2008, 02:16 PM	#22
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 6,991	Sometimes I get mighty pissed-off with myself. I'm always telling people that I hate hypothesis without evidence or logical support and here I have been engaging in childish playing with random ideas instead of doing what I should have done in the first place:- gotten off of my fat butt and used my brain. Reference :- Smithsonian Institution, United States National Museum Bulletin137, The Collection of Primitive Weapons and Armour of the Philippine Islands in the United States National Museum, Herbert W. Krieger, Washington Government Printing Office 1926. Pages 49-52. Too much to quote here, but these spears with long thin shafts and the provision for fixation of a cord are most likely to be hunting spears,used as harpoons, not war spears. The spear-thrower was unknown in the Philippine Islands. If nothing else, I think this error of mine has clearly demonstrated how ridiculous it is to hypothesize on something about which one knows nothing.