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It" the Hauoltii |)i'!)])lc ciiiilil ((iiiic ti> Xcw \(,i'k and sec their l)clitni;iiii;s 

 arraiii^'cd in a i^rcat hall iii siu'ht of all \isitors, their joy would he uii- 

 hoiiiided. When 1 made this collection in the Uayoho connt r\ . the|)eo|)lc 

 came tlorkini;' daily to my little nipa hnt. less perhaps to \isit nie than to 

 see their own thinus an<l identify each other's pro])erty and i^ct cnrreiit 

 prices on jackets and tronsers. Nowhere else in their xillay-es coidd they 

 find such a lot of Hatioho ohjeets together, or test so many ynitars and 

 flutes, or examine such a luistlinu' array of spears. That an American 

 should want Haii'oho specimens called forth no surprise; rather it ^eemed 

 to them highly natural that every scrap of 

 Bagoho workmaiishii) from a richly deco- 

 rated war shield down to some meati and 

 filthy s^arment should he sought after and 

 prized, for all the Haii'(>l)o admire e\ery 

 Bagoho product with a se]f-coni])lac'ency 

 that is hotli amiisinu and ai)pealing. 

 "Bagoho tliinus. Scfiora'." came the pass- 

 word always uttered with an exidtant note 

 a^ a preliminary toward hiuuiing the market 

 with me. 



On reaching the Islands, I heard on all 

 sides from white foreigners that it was 

 almost hopeless to try to secure Bagobo 

 ohjeets, that the time was past for making a 

 collection. It is true that a Bagobo parts 

 with any one of his possessions reluctantly, 

 and prizes each at doiihle its material \alue 

 because of intimate personal associations. 

 But up to that time no account had heeii 

 taken of certain emotional interests that 

 had ne\-er before I)een apjiealed to, and that 

 foiuid expression as soon as a big collection 

 began to grow. There was an undefined 

 pleasure in knowing that o\'er yonder in the 

 Srnorri'.s' house their things were perpet- 

 ually in c<)ntact with other- Bagobo things. 



.\ow when .\tnn made the rounds of my Hit k'tiU-ts arc made of tubes of 



little mu>eum and asked the n>ual (|ues- brass which contain metal hall.s thai 

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