September. 1913. Wild Tribes of Davao District — Cole. 123 



The strip of cloth (Plate XXXVIII) was intended for the center 

 breadth in a woman's skirt and shows the typical designs employed in 

 the best garments. 



The extensive use of beads is shown in Plates XXXIX-XL. Carry- 

 ing bags, clothing, combs, necklaces, armlets, belts and sheath covers 

 are partially covered with or made up of colored beads, always in 

 designs, yet very few of these patterns have generally accepted meanings 

 or names. The same holds true of the designs in shell disks, which, 

 on the finer garments, take the place of beads. A few exceptions to 

 this are found in which realistic patterns appear in (Plate XXXIb and 



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 REALISTIC PATTERNS IN BEADS AND SHELL DISKS. 



Like the bead work, the embroidery and applique found on many 

 garments are added "to make pretty." Some of this work is quite 

 fine, but in general that of recent years is either inferior to that found 

 on old garments or is borrowed from, or made by, the Bila-an women. 

 Some garments, with designs produced by oversewing before dyeing, are 

 seen here, but they are recent importations from the Kulaman or 

 Tagakaolo tribes. 



