THE BENGrET IGOROTS. 



447 



Fig. S. — Composite sagittal outlines of the three groups of Igorots : Bontoc, the broken 

 outline ; Highland, the large solid outline ; Lowland, the small solid outline. 



The ear of the Igorot is a most typical feature and a true racial char- 

 acter. jSTot all the ears are alike, indeed there are at least three well- 

 defined forms, and many variations of the three. The typical Igorot 

 ear is found oftener than any other kind, and its frequent presence 

 merits a special description and portrayal by photograph. (Plate V.) 



The typical Igorot ear is large and long and sonie\rhat reetanguar in 

 shape. The superior border of the helix is smooth, thin, gracefully 

 rounded, and the posterior border is straight. The anthelix circum- 

 scribes the concha in the shape of a large oval with its apex at the incisure! 

 intertragica. The lobule is square and flat, the inferior border usually 

 joining the cheek at right angles. The ear does not stand out from the 

 head, neither is it pressed close to it, Init occuiDies an intermediate place, 

 and is beautiful and graceful in both form and position. (Plate VI.) 



There is not a line or character about the Igorot ear to relate it 

 with the anthropoid apes nor with any of the primitive people of the 

 world, so far as I am al)le to judge. It is not like the Negrito ear, 

 which is short and round, the helix of which jiasses horizontally back- 

 \\'ard from the superior end of the liase, the anthelix forming a roll that 

 often gives the ear the appearance of having a double helix, and the 

 lobule is round or pointed. (Plates VII and VIII.) It has none of 

 the characteristics of the Australian aboriginal ear(ll) which is similar 

 in many ways to the anthropoid. Darwin's tuljercle is present more 

 frequently in the men than in the women, which is true of Europeans(52) . 

 I have seen ears resembling the Igorots on Spaniards, Englishmen, and 



