THE PHILIPPINE 



Journal of Science 



D. General Biology, Ethnology 

 AND Anthropology 



Vol. VI JUNE, 1911 No. 3 



THE BAGOBOS OF DAVAO GULF. 



By Fay Cooper Cole. 

 {From the Field Museum, Chicago, and the Bureau of Science, Manila.) 



This article gives in brief some of the results of an extended investiga- 

 tion now being carried on by the Field Museum of Natural History among 

 the non-Christian tribes of Mindanao. The funds for this work are 

 provided through the generosity of Mr. Eobert F. C'ummings, of Chicago. 

 The detailed study of this people will appear later under the title The 

 Tribes of Davao Gulf. 



Mount Apo, the highest peak in the Philippines, is situated a few 

 kilometers from the Gulf of Davao in southern Mindanao. The non- 

 Christian people known as Bagobos live on its lower slopes, which in 

 some places reach to the sea, from Daliao on the east to Digos on the 

 west. On the eastern border of their territory they merge imperceptibly 

 into the Atas and Guiangas, while to the west the influence of the Bila- 

 ans is strong both in material culture and in blood. 



In color the Bagobos are a light reddish-lirown with a slight olive 

 tinge which is more pronounced in the women than in the men. Their 

 hair is brown-black and varies from slightly wavy to closely curled ; face 

 hairs are generally removed, yet some men have rather full beards. 



The average height of the men is 'about 158 centimeters and of the 

 women 1-47 centimeters ; the body is uniformly well developed, but never 

 stocky. The forehead is high and full ; the cro^\Ti and back of the head. 



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