THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 



and white. Tattooing is common among both sexes. With 

 the men there are two chief motives in tattooing: first, it 

 gives a man's war record, telling that he has taken a human 

 head; second, it is esthetic. The esthetic is the governing 

 motive for women's tattoo. The Igorot commonly manu- 

 facture iron and steel bolos, spears and battle axes, also 

 earthenware and a great variety of cloth of native cotton 

 and of tree-bark fiber. Their warlike proclivities are rep- 

 resented in a number of specimens of head-axes and head- 

 hunting baskets. The name given to these baskets is a 

 misnomer, as they are used chiefly for carrying food and 

 articles of personal property. The musical instruments 

 of the Igorot consist of gongs and clappers; their ornaments 

 are generally of brass and copper. The most highly prized 

 ornament, however, is the shell of the pearl oyster, Melea- 

 grina margaritifera, which the Igorot obtain in trade. 



Adjoining the Igorot collections is a series of specimens 

 from the Samal and Sulu Moros, who constitute the Mo- 

 hammedan population and are the latest comers to the is- 

 lands. Their conversion to Mohammedanism by Arabian 

 missionaries in the twelfth century was undoubtedly the 

 means of making them dominant everywhere south of the 

 Visayan Islands. They were the "Norsemen" of the Orient, 

 adventurous navigators and fierce fighters. Their history 

 is the climax of Malay piratical power, which was felt for 

 centuries for a thousand miles both north and south of their 

 strongholds in Jolo. Their warlike character is indicated 

 by the predominance of krises, both straight and curved, 

 spears and shields. Their domestic life is represented by 



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