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ends of the clout are tied. (Pl. LIX, fig. 2, a.) This curious article 
of dress is decidedly suggestive of the clout, supported by coils of braided 
rattan cord (Pl. LIX, fig. 2, 6), which forms the one garment of 
married women among the mountain Mangyans of Mindoro. (PI. XVI, 
figs. 1 and 2.) 
The men wear few or no ornaments. At the most they have earrings, 
or armlets or leglets of brass wire. ‘The women have necklaces and strings 
of beads which they wind into their hair, but their most remarkable 
and characteristic ornaments are wristlets and armlets of beads which 
often almost completely cover their wrists and arms to the shoulders. 
(Pl. XIX, figs. 3 and 4; Pl. XXII, figs. 2 and 3.) 
The women consider it a mark of beauty to have the middle of the fore- 
arm constricted, and to this end tight armlets of beads are placed about 
the forearms of little girls and kept there until the pain caused by the 
constriction of the growing arms becomes unendurable, when other, 
slightly larger, armlets are substituted. This leads to unsightly swelling 
of the wrists, which is, however, fashionable. (Pl. XIX, fig. 4; Pl. XXII, 
fig. 2.) 
Old agate beads of considerable value are worn by the women about 
their necks, and coins are often attached to their necklaces. In 1903, [ 
saw a necklace on which were strung four coins, each more than a century 
old. (Pl. XIX, fig. 3.) 
As one approaches the Bontoc border, the characteristic arm ornaments 
are less frequently seen, and in Bontoc they are represented, if at all, by 
a few bands of beads on the wrist and forearm. 
The men of Apayao, in addition to a quite elaborately tied clout, wear 
a short jacket and a turban which is by choice made up of alternating 
bands of scarlet and bright-yellow cloth. (PI. ITI, fig. 4.) 
The dress of the Apayao women consists of a piece of cloth wrapped 
around the body so as to form a short skirt, extending from the waist 
to the knees. The line of contact of the two ends usually runs straight 
up and down the front. Under the skirt is worn a clout, and on the 
upper part of the body a long-sleeved garment which often barely 
covers the breasts, so that there is quite a gap left between it and the 
skirt. (Pl. XIII, fig. 4.) The women frequently wear turbans on their 
heads. They are much more careful than are their sisters of Ilokos and 
Abra about exposing the upper half of the body. (Pl. XIX, figs, 1 
and 2.) 
Both men and women of Apayao often wear ornamental wreaths of 
sweet-scented grass in their hair. (Pl. VII, fig. 1; Pl. IX, fig. 7.) 
They are very fond of brass wire, which they fasten about their necks 
or conyert into armlets and leglets, but their most highly prized ornament 
consists of a series of plates and pendants of mother-of-pearl, fastened 
together with wire or strong thread, in a great mass, which is attached 
to a cord about the neck and is worn sometimes hanging over the chest 
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