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manner as those of the Bagobo, but the general pattern is different, and 

 it seldom contains the broad decorative center panel (Plate LX). 



Some of the men cut their hair so that it falls in bangs along the 

 center line of the forehead and behind reaches to the nape of the neck, 

 but the majority of them, and all the women, allow the back hair to 

 grow long and tie it in a knot at the back of the head. Ordinarily the 

 men dispense with head covering, or at most twist a bit of cloth into a 

 turban, but for special occasions they wear palm leaf hats covered with 

 many parallel bands of rattan and crowned with notched chicken 

 feathers (Plate LI). Rarely is a woman seen with any kind of head 



FIG. 36. 



Women's Combs. 



protection or hair ornament other than a small comb which is peculiar 

 to this tribe (Fig. 36). This comb is made of bamboo or rattan splints 

 drawn together at the center but flaring at top and bottom until it 

 forms an ornament in the shape of an hour glass. The ear plugs worn 

 by the men are of wood and are undecorated, but those of the women 

 have the fronts overlaid with incised brass plates (Fig. 37). In other 

 respects the dress of the women differs little from that of the Bagobo. 

 They have the same necklaces, arm and finger rings, leglets, and anklets, 

 although in less quantity. They also carry trinket baskets, but these 

 are larger than those used by the women of the other tribe and are 

 lacking in bead and bell pendants. However, they are tastily decorated 

 with designs in colored bamboo or fern cuticle. We have already noted 

 that the use of plain red garments is limited to warriors, but cloth of 

 that hue which contains narrow black stripes may be used by all. Quite 

 a number of garments are seen in which white patterns appear in a red 



