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The method of “making anito” practiced by the Kalingas is interesting. 
A lance or head axe is stuck up in the ground and is surrounded with 
bamboo baskets made by splitting the ends of green pieces of bamboo 
into slats and then interweaving other pieces horizontally around the 
bundle thus formed. In these baskets are placed flowers and dishes of 
food, and the bushes in the vicinity, or the lance, may be hung with fresh 
pieces of bark-cloth or with articles of clothing belonging to the persons 
who take part in the ceremony. Anitos of this sort are made in giving 
thanks for victory over enemies or for good crops. 
Justice is administered in a Kalinga rancheria by a council of old men, 
all crimes, even including murder when committed among the people of 
the rancheria, being punishable by fine. 
The Kalingas are polygamous and have more wives than do the mem- 
bers of any other tribe of northern Luzon. A wealthy man may have 
as many as seven helpmeets who may and often do live in one house. 
They are said to get on well together, it being their wish that the 
number of their people should increase as rapidly as possible and 
polygamy being deemed a desirable means to this end. 
The men also keep queridas on occasion, but always secretly. If the 
wife or wives can prove that the husband is keeping a querida they bring 
the fact to the attention of the old men of the rancheria, who impose a 
fine on the guilty individual and collect it from him. He is not other- 
wise punished, but his wife or wives may secure divorce from him if the 
council of old men gives its consent. However, divorce is ordinarily 
brought about by mutual agreement between the persons concerned. 
The Kalingas are kind to their sick, and care for them until they die 
or recover, treating them with roots and herbs and with baths. They 
also hold such cafiaos and sacrifice such animals as their old medicine- 
women may direct. If the medicines, the cafaos, and the incantations of 
the medicine-women prove of no avail and the patient dies, a funeral 
feast is held to which all of the people of the rancheria are invited. 
After a day or two of feasting, the dead person is buried under his house, 
which is then fenced in, the head of the family remaining fully armed, 
inside the fence for a period of twelve or fourteen days. It is his duty 
to kill any person who may enter the inclosure during this period. 
Food and drink are handed in to him by relatives. After the prescribed 
time has elapsed, the fence is removed and the house is occupied again 
as if nothing had happened. This ceremony is performed only in connec- 
tion with the death of adult persons. If the individual who dies is un- 
married, the house is fenced in and left empty for the prescribed period, 
but no armed person remains on guard to repel intruders. 
The Kalingas form a well-marked tribe. As previously stated, they are 
readily recognized by their high cheek-bones and their peculiar eyes, as 
well as by the style of hair-cut universal among the men. They also 
differ from their neighbors in their house architecture, their weapons 
