THE PHILIPPINE 



Journal of Science 



A. General Science 



Vol. Ill • SBPTEMBEE, 1908 No. 4 



THE TINGGIAN.' 



By Fay Cooper Cole. 

 {From the Field Museum, Chicago, and the Bureau of iScience, Manila, P. I.) 



INTRODUCTION. 



For several 3'ears the Field Museum of Natural Historj' has been 

 desirous of making a thorough investigation of the various Philippine 

 peoples; but it was not until 1906 that money was available for this 

 purpose. Through tlie generosity of Mr. Robert F. Cummings, of Chi- 

 cago, ample funds were provided for a series of investigations to extend 

 through four or six years. The first party to begin work under this ap- 

 propriation reached the Islands in June, 1906, and was followed by a 

 second in January, 1907. 



Influenced by the evidences of a highly developed ceremonial life found 

 by Mr. Dean C. "Worcester, during his visits to Abra, and by the sugges- 

 tions of Dr. Paul C. Freer and Dr. Merton L. Miller, the writer decided 

 to make the Tinggian the initial field for work. The studies caiTied on 

 have been along the lines of general ethnology (with special emphasis 

 placed on the material culture, social organization, customs, religion, 

 mythology, and decorative art), language, and physical anthropology. 



The following article lays no claim to completeness, as the investiga- 

 tions are still in progress; yet it seems advisable, from time to time, to 

 publish such material as may be of interest to workers in other fields. 



^ The name Tinggian is spelled throughout this paper in accordance with the 

 form adopted by the division of ethnology of the Bureau of Science. In all native 

 Philippine words in which the hard sound formerly represented by "c" occurs this 

 sound is represented by "k," as in "Ilokos." 



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