A KALliNGA HHAD-HUATKR 



Over the door of the house are hung three strips of bark cloth, each spotted with human 

 blood, showing that this man had recentlj' participated in three successful head-hunting raids 

 (see text, page 877). 



which are often covered with beads or 

 with small white buttons. Many of theni 

 also wear short, tight-fitting jackets 

 made from cloth woven by their women, 

 or from gaily colored calico. Nearly all 

 of them have peculiar shaped carrying- 

 bags with two large ends and a narrow 

 connecting portion in which is an open- 

 ing, which is closed by means of sliding 

 metal rings. These bags are usually 

 hung about their necks. 



All Kalinga men who can afford to do 

 so purchase gaily colored blankets. They 



fold them diagonally, knot the ends to- 

 gether, and wear them with the knotted 

 ends over one shoulder and the wide 

 part of the folded blanket under the 

 opposite arm. 



Many of the men wear huge ear plugs 

 inserted in such a way as to turn the 

 perforated lobes of the ears directly for- 

 ward. These plugs are usually made of 

 wood, and their anterior faces are orna- 

 mented with coins, bits of bright metal, 

 or gaily embroidered cloth. Great cylin- 

 drical rolls of bright - colored worsted 



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