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size. The types shown are full-blooded Negritos of Bataan. Unfortu- 
nately, many of the persons measured by Mr. Reed were of mixed descent 
and some were even half-breeds. 
The Negritos are of a dark, sooty-brown color and have woolly hair, 
which is usually black but may be reddish-brown. The men often have 
abundant beards and a thick growth of hair on the arms, chest, and legs. 
(Pl. IV, figs. 1 and 2.) They have broad and flattened noses, thick lips, 
long arms, and in many instances prominent abdomens. They make no 
attempt to dress their woolly hair, which stands out from their heads and 
is allowed to grow until it gets long enough to be troublesome, when it is 
chopped off with a bolo, or cut with scissors if they are fortunate enough 
to possess any. (PI. II, fig. 1.) Some of the Bataan Negritos shave a 
round spot on the crown of the head during the hot months of the year. 
(Pl. IX, fig. 1.) This, they say, is to let the heat out! Those of 
Zambales occasionally shave the entire back of the head up to a line 
extending from one ear to the other, over the top of the cranium. 
(Pl. XIV, fig. 3.) 
The custom of pointing the front teeth is widespread among the 
representatives of this tribe. The operation is performed not with a 
file, as is commonly supposed, but in the following manner: A chip of 
wood is placed back of the tooth to be operated on, the point of a bolo 
is pressed firmly against the front surface of the tooth and the bolo is 
struck a sharp blow with a stick or stone, so that a corner of the tooth 
is chipped off. This operation is repeated on the-other side and an 
artistic point is thus produced. (Pl. XXI, fig. 4.) 
The Negritos do not tattoo themselves, but-do ornament themselves 
with scar-patterns, produced by making cuts through the skin with slivers 
of bamboo. (Pl. XXIII, fig. 1.) Into these cuts, which are arranged 
with more or less geometric symmetry, dirt is rubbed to cause them to 
become infected and to produce large scars. The men may have scar- 
patterns on their chests, backs, and arms; the women on their chests. 
backs, arms, the calves of their legs, fronts of their thighs (Pl. XXV, 
fig. 1), and sometimes also on their breasts and abdomens. 
The normal dress of the Negrito men and boys is a clout of bark or 
cloth (Pl. I, fig. 1; Pl. II, fig. 1) ; that of the women is a short skirt of 
bark or cloth, reaching from the waist to the knees (Pl. I, fig. 1; 
Pl. XII, fig. 1). However, as many of the groups of Negritos fre- 
quently come in contact with civilized natives, they often acquire from the 
latter articles of civilized dress of which they are very proud. Many of 
the women habitually wear camisas or upper garments, which the ones 
who are unmarried are very reluctant to remove. 
Their ornaments are varied and characteristic. The most peculiar 
ones are bamboo combs, which the women wear thrust into their back 
hair; these are decorated with scratch-work patterns, which are black- 
ened by rubbing grease and soot into them. In many instances they are 
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