September, 19 13. Wild Tribes of Davao District — Cole. 169 



FIG. 48 

 WOMAN'S COMB. 



these garments and one side 

 may be above the calf of the 

 leg while the other drags on 

 the ground (Plate LXVII). 

 No head coverings are worn, 

 but quite elaborate combs 

 Pig. 4 s - 1 are thrust into the 

 knots of hair at the back of 

 the head. Wooden ear plugs 

 (Fig. 49) ornamented with in- 

 cised silver plates and with 



bead and silver pendants fit into openings in the lobes of the ears. Like 



the men they wear necklaces of beads, sweet smelling herbs, and seeds. 



Many of the latter are considered to have medicinal 



value and are eaten to cure pains in the stomach. lAiO 



One or more silver disks are worn on the chest or over 



the breasts, while anklets, such as are used by the 



women of the other tribes, are frequently seen. 



Both sexes are fond of bracelets of brass, shell, or 



vines, as well as of finger rings of tortoise shell and 



silver (Plate LXXI). 



None of the garments contain pockets, and in 



order to make up for this deficiency the men carry 



bags (Plate LXX) suspended on their backs by 



means of bands which pass over the shoulders. In 



these they carry their betel-nut outfits, tobacco, 



and the like. Small covered waterproof baskets 



(Plate LXVIII) serve the same purpose for the 



women and are carried at the back or at the side. 



HISTORY. 



Probably no wild tribe in Mindanao has received 

 so much mention in histories, reports, and books of 

 travel as have the Mandaya, but these references 

 have been, in the main, so vague and often so mis- 

 leading that they are of little value for our pur- 

 poses. Quite in contrast with this mass of ma- 

 terial are the excellent reports of the late Governor 

 Bolton, and Mr. Melbourne A. Maxey, 1 who for a 

 number of years has been closely associated with 



1 Published in the Mindanao Herald. Bell Pendants. 



