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Perhaps the most highly treasured ornament of the men is made from 
one of the valves of a pearl-oyster shell. (Pl. III, fig. 1.) The for- 
tunate owner of such an ornament wears it suspended from the waistband 
of his clout or from a chain or girdle about the waist. Armlets and 
leglets of copper wire are common. Finger-rings are relatively rare. 
I have seen men with pieces of coral thrust into their hair or through the 
holes in their ears. 
The women are fond of copper-wire armlets and leglets, but seldom 
wear chains about their waists. Strings of beads or of dog’s teeth and 
bright-colored seeds are highly prized. (Pl. XVIII, fig. 1; Pl. XXIII, 
fig. 4.) Unmarried women often wear flowers or bunches of green foliage 
in the hair, which is carefully dressed and held in place by strings of 
beads. The women do not ordinarily possess hair combs, but are very 
glad to get them. Many save their loose hair and wear- it in the form 
of switches. (Pl. XXI, fig. 2.) 
The houses of the Bontoc Jgorots are usually closely grouped, forming 
genuine towns which often number several thousand inhabitants. Each 
town is made up of a number of political divisions known as dlos which, 
for want of a better name, we may call wards. The affairs of the dto 
are presided over by a council of old men, and delegates from each of 
these councils sometimes meet to discuss affairs which concern the town 
as a whole. 
In each déo there ordinarily are three public buildings which may be 
placed in close proximity to each other. (Pl. LXIV, fig. 2.) One of 
these, called the pabaftinan, is the house of the dto ceremonials. It is 
reserved for the men and boys of the dto, and women may not enter it. 
Boys of more than three or four years of age and all unmarried men of 
the ato sleep in the pabafinan. It consists of an open, stone court, par- 
tially covered by a roof. About this court there may be trees, and one 
ordinarily also sees posts on which rude images of human heads are 
carved, or dead limbs of trees with the ends sharpened of the branches 
which project upward. On these posts and sharpened branches the heads 
of vanquished enemies are placed during the head feast. The pabafunan 
is incidentally the men’s club of the Bontoe settlement. Tn it the men 
loaf when not busy at home or in the fields, and they naturally improve 
the opportunity to exchange gossip and discuss current events. 
The fdwi or dto council house is used as a place of meeting by the old 
men, and other persons are not ordinarily allowed to enter it. It is 
roofed over, and although often adjoining the pabaftinan, is not in con- 
nection with it, entrance being had by a separate and very narrow door. 
In the fawi are kept the skulls of enemies whose heads have been taken 
by the warriors of the dto. 
The 6lag is the dormitory for girls, and unmarried femals of the dto, 
of two or more years of age are expected to sleep there. It has but one 
opening, a door some thirty inches high and often not more than ten or 
