TRAN-KLIXC^. r.V R.VSr IX TllK 1'llII.Il'PIX K ISLANDS 



'On one of m}' early trips four different rafts were dashed to pieces under me in two days, 

 but I suffered no serious injury" (see text, page 1240) 



Wire 

 The 

 some 

 wear 

 from 



pect that in cutting it a bowl is jammed 

 down on the shock head to be barbered 

 and the hair outside it first cut short and 

 then shaved ofT. Huge ornaments of 

 brass are often worn in the ears and 

 spirals of highly polished brass 

 adorn the legs above the calves. 

 cahecillas, or petty chiefs, and 

 other wealthy individuals as well, 

 highly ornamented girdles made 

 the opercula of certain marine shells. 



The costume of the women is even 

 more simple than that of the men, con- 

 sisting solely of a very abbreviated skirt 

 somewhat precariously held in position 

 by being wrapped around the body far 

 below the waist, and indeed often under 

 the abdomen. This skirt frequently fails 

 to reach the knees of the wearer. A fold 

 in it near the hip answers for a pocket. 

 Brass ear-rings and simple strings of 

 beads worn about the neck or in the hair 

 complete the ordinary costume of the 

 women, who may nevertheless wear 

 blankets if they are fortunate enough to 

 possess them. The women tattoo their 

 arms, and more especially their forearms, 

 following a fern-leaf pattern never to be 



seen among the people of any other Phil- 

 ippine tribe. 



SKULLS AS DINING-ROOM ORNAMl^NTS 



AMth few exceptions, the people of 

 this tribe live in very small, compact vil- 

 lages strategically placed among steep- 

 walled rice terraces so as to be easily de- 

 fended. Their windowless, neatly built 

 houses are placed well above the ground 

 on strong posts, which are often rudely 

 carved. Access to them is had by means 

 of light ladders, which are drawn up at 

 night. Each house has two rooms, one 

 above the other, the higher of which ex- 

 tends into the peak of the roof and is 

 used as a storeroom. Each house has a 

 rude fireplace, over which may be placed 

 the skulls of wild pigs and deer and 

 those of carabaos eaten at feasts, as well 

 as the skulls of enemies killed in war. 



Famous head-hunters often have taste- 

 fully arranged exhibits of skulls on 

 shelves beside the doors of their houses, 

 hanging m baskets under the eaves, or 

 extending around their houses in orna- 

 mental friezes at the floor level (see page 

 1 168). 



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