RACIAL GROUPS — HOUGH. 649 



fine muscular development, black eyes and hair, smooth skin, and 

 differs little from the Dyak of Borneo, to whom he is related. 

 Occasionally there is seen among the Igorot traces of an admixture 

 with the Negrito, whom they supplanted, and on the borders of 

 their habitat they merge into other uncivilized tribes. 



The section of a house at the back of the case is a granary for 

 rice and underneath it are stored billets of firewood. The older 

 woman is engaged in making pottery in the primitive fashion and 

 is surrounded with the material and tools of her art. The younger 

 woman, carrying a child on her back, has just returned from the 

 spring with a jar of water on her head and a basket at her waist. 

 The man carries supplies with the balance pole. He also has a 

 spear and a head-hunter's basket. The girl is peeling camotes or 

 sweet potatoes and greets with a smile of approval the boy who is 

 starting out to snare a wild jungle fowl. (See pi. 73.) 



FAMILY GROUP OF THE FILIPINOS. 

 Luzon, Philippine Islands. 



The Filipinos are of Malayo-Polynesian race whose blood has 

 become somewhat composite through contact with foreigners. They 

 represent the class of islanders who have been longest under civiliz- 

 ing influences from without, and especially under the Spanish 

 regime. Their arts and industries, in consequence, have been modi- 

 fied greatly, though preserving the basis derived from racial inherit- 

 ance. The Filipinos are skillful workers in wood, metal, and tex- 

 tiles and have also made considerable advancement in the fine arts. 

 They are widely known through the products of the loom and nee- 

 dle, which are delicate fabrics enriched by color, embroidery, and 

 drawnwork. 



This group represents especially the several processes connected 

 with the making of cloth which are carried on in many Filipino 

 households. The man brings in, by means of the carrying pole and 

 baskets, raw material of cotton and fiber, together with tempting 

 fruit, for which the girl winding bobbins reaches out her hand. Near 

 by, crouched on the mats, is a woman ginning cotton in a simple 

 machine, and back of her is a spinner employing a primitive wheel. 

 The weaver in the corner is absorbed in her work, which requires 

 patience and concentration. The furniture is of the simple character 

 found in Filipino habitations. (See pi. 74.) 



FAMILY GROUP OF THE NEGRITOS. 



The Negritos are small, black, woolly-haired natives inhabiting 

 out-of-the-way places in several islands of the Philippines, but mostly 

 living in the great island of Luzon. They call themselves Aeta, and, 



