THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 



islands. They are true savages, depending for food upon 

 the chase, neither living in villages nor building stable 

 huts, but roaming through the mountains in small groups of 

 a few families each. They are fleet of foot, and their usual 

 weapons are a lance of bamboo, a palm wood bow and a 

 quiver of poisoned arrows. They use as ornaments bamboo 

 combs, feather headdresses, rings and bracelets of brass or 

 copper, and braided leg bands of hog bristles, which are 

 supposed to give them endurance and make them fleet of 

 foot. They scarify the body, and such scars are their most 

 highly valued adornment. For household utensils they have 

 only a few cocoanut cups or sea shells, rude boxes, the 

 primitive fire-saw and a few crude musical instruments. 



Then follows a display of specimens from the Mangyan, 

 Tinguiane, Manobo, Tirurays and Igorot tribes. Of these 

 the collection from the Igorot is the largest and most rep- 

 resentative. 



The Igorot form the largest family inhabiting Luzon and 

 include the Dadayag, Kalinga, Ibelao, Ipukao and numer- 

 ous other tribes bearing various local names. They consti- 

 tute a fine race of agricultural, head-hunting barbarians. 

 They are copper-colored and have high cheek-bones, flat 

 nose and thick lips. Their hair is straight, black and in 

 many areas is worn long. 



The men are exceedingly well developed and possess 

 great strength and power of endurance. The women are 

 well formed and as erect and graceful as any women in the 

 Orient; their dress varies from a mere apron of leaves to 

 a handsome jacket and skirt with stripes of blue, crimson 



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