Original Philippines Headhunting Axe from the Igorot People - USGI Bring Back from Luzon Military Awards Medals Badges Insignia Sixth Army

Sixth Army

neck guard apron and apron above the left ear have very slight traces of batch number and manufacturer code with size

This example was made and marked by Friedrich Becker & Co

developed by Colonel Edward Boxer of the Royal Laboratory in 1862

Company K held the right of the line and took part in the final charge by which the Indians were driven off the field and for three miles into the hills

Original Philippines Headhunting Axe from the Igorot People - USGI Bring Back from Luzon Military Awards Medals Badges Insignia Sixth ArmyOriginal Item: One of a Kind. We received this as part of a collection from Soldier who fought in the Pacific campaign of WWII. This is a nice example of the famous "headhunter's axe", as used by the Igorot people of the Philippines. This group, whose name is Tagalog for 'mountaineer' are made of up multiple smaller ethnic units from the mountains of northern Luzon, Philippines. These groups keep, or have kept until recently, their traditional