Social Organization. Government. The Village 367 



No. 1). Above the fire is suspended a hanger on which are placed 

 dishes and food, in order that they may not be disturbed by insects. 

 Along the wall stands a small caldron, jars for water and rice, and 

 the large Chinese jars, the latter as a general rule heirlooms or mar- 

 riage gifts. These are sometimes used for basi, but more often they 

 contain broken rice, cotton, or small articles. Above the jars is a rack 

 or hangar on which dishes or coconut shells are placed. At one end 

 of the room a set of pegs, deer horns, or a cord supports a variety of 

 clothes, blankets, a woman's switch, and perhaps a man's belt. The 

 sleeping-mats either hang here or occupy a rack of their own. Below 

 the cord stand chests secured in early years through trade with the 

 Chinese. In these are the family treasures, valuable beads, coins, 

 blankets, ceremonial objects, and the like. Piled on the boxes is a 

 variety of pillows, for no Tinguian house is complete without a num- 

 ber of these (Plate LXVI). The other house furnishings, consisting 

 of a spinning wheel, loom, coconut rasp, and clothes beater (Fig. 5, 

 No. 10) find space along the other wall. Behind the door, except in 

 the valley towns, stand the man's spear and shield ; above or near 

 the door will be the spirit offering in the form of a small hanger 

 or a miniature shield fastened against the wall. The center of the floor 

 affords a place for working, eating, and sleeping. If there are small 

 children in the family a cradle or jumper will be found suspended 

 from a beam or a bamboo pole placed across one corner of the room 

 (cf. p. 272). 



The type of jars made by the Tinguian is shown in Fig. 5, No. 7, 

 while those of foreign introduction have been fully described in a 

 previous publication. 1 



The native jars are used both for cooking and as water containers. 

 With them will be found pot rings and lifters. The first is a simple 

 ring of plaited bamboo, which fits on the head or sets on the floor, 

 and forms a support for the rounded bottom of the jar. The second 

 (Figure 5, No. 3) consists of a large rattan loop, which is placed over 

 the neck of the jar. The hands are drawn apart, and the weight closes 

 the loop, causing it to grip the jar. Long bamboo tubes with sections 

 removed are used as water containers, while smaller sections often 

 serve as cups or dippers. Gourds are also used in this manner (Fig. 5, 

 Nos. 8-9). 



Food is removed from the jars with spoons and ladles (Fig. 6) 

 made of wood or coconut shells, but they are never put to the mouth. 



'See Cole and Laufer, Chinese Pottery in the Philippines (Field Museum 

 of Natural History, Vol. XII, No. 1). 



