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FRUIT VENDERS FROM NEGROS ISLAND, P. I. 



"It has been asserted repeatedly that the body color of the Negrito is black,'' says David P. 

 Barrows, "but this is a gross exaggeration. It is a dark brown." "The hair of the Negrito 

 is typically African. It is kinky and grows in the little clusters or 'peppercorn' bunches 

 peculiar to negro races." Dr. Bean says this kinkiness of the hair behaves as a Mendehan 

 dominant in crosses. The Negritos shown in this picture (taken at Camp Jossman) are 

 selling fruits of the Jak {Artocarpus integrifolia), the largest fruit known, and closely related 

 to the commoner bread-fruit {Artocarpus incisa). (Figure 11.) 



judging from observations on many 

 hundreds of American negroes.^ 



The Negritos in the Mariveles moun- 

 tain appear to be the purest Negritos 

 in the PhiHppine Islands, judging from 

 the photographs. All other groups of 

 Negritos are more like the surrounding 

 population. The Negritos of Mariveles 



should therefore represent the funda- 

 mental Negrito type, and as they are 

 largely Australoid the fundamental type 

 of the Negritos should be Australoid. 

 Modified Primitive and Modified Iberian 

 Negritos are also found in the Mariveles 

 group. The women are more Primitive 

 than the men, who are more Iberian 



-"The photographs of the Mariveles Negritos were all placed upon a large table before me, 

 and when I scrutinized them carefully I realized that I was looking into the faces of a familiar 

 people, among whom I was born and with whom I grew up, the American negro. Practically 

 every face recalled youthful associations, and every individual of the Mariveles group has its 

 counterpart among American negroes." — Bean. 



