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MANY ILONGOTS ARE I^OND OF MUSIC AND DEVELOP STRANGE AND WONDROUS SOUNDS 



FROM THEIR INSTRUMENTS 



Strongly in evidence. In fact, curly hair 

 and heavy beards are frequently met 

 with among the Ilongots wherever found, 

 and these physical peculiarities are com- 

 monly explained as being due to the pres- 

 ence of Negrito blood. However, not a 

 few of the members of this tribe seem 

 to be typical Malays (see page 852). 



Like the Negritos, the Ilongots use 

 bows and arrows with great skill, but 

 they also use light wooden shields of 

 peculiar form, while the Negritos have 

 none. 



The typical dress of the men is a small 

 clout, and that of the women is a short 

 skirt, often of bark cloth. However, 

 both men and women are anxious to get 

 hold of the real article and lose no oppor- 

 tunity to do so (see page 849). 



ARTISTIC WORK BY TPIEIR WOMEN 



The women embroider remarkably 

 well, considering the low stage of civili- 

 zation to which they have attained, and 

 both men and women display great in- 

 genuity and skill in the fashioning of 



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