﻿ix, d. « Robertson: The Igorots of Lepanto 485 



"The barrio of Dacudac was formed into a barrio on August 

 31, 1908 ; the five other barrios were formed in olden times ; the 

 old men living now have no idea as to when these barrios were 

 formed." 



The names of the original families and of the officials as far 

 back as known follow. The manuscript proceeds : 



CUSTOM OF DRESSING OP THE IGOROTS 



For an Igorot one suit of clothes is sufficient for a year; this consists 

 of a handkerchief, a blanket, and a G string for the men and of a 

 camisa, a tapis, a waist bandage, and a string of head beads, which they 

 call banges, for the women. 



The women in this township do not wear their hair any longer than 

 it is worn by the men; the headwear of the men differs from that of 

 the women. The women can only use a string of beads; they are not 

 allowed to wear anything like the men's head string. The men's headwear 

 is a piece of cloth or handkerchief which they wind around their head; 

 they are not allowed to wear the head ornament of the women. 4 * 



The "muebles" [that is, possessions or property] of the Igorots consist 

 only of pupputic (jars)." There are many different kinds, such as 

 bunay, sinal-itan, inot-otot, pucao, guilas, pinaypayao, tinodco, lungboy, 

 bimaog, guinalman, lucian, saoit, and gayang; and also a string of gold, 

 which resembles a necklace and is called camaqui. All these properties 

 are held very sacred by the Igorots, and they must not be sold; they 

 would rather have their rice land sold than these properties, because 

 they regard them as sacred relics of their forefathers." 



The jars are used to make tapuy in, a drink made out of rice which 

 they drink at any time as it is a means of diversion for them; the 

 jars and other things are also used in the celebration of cafiaos. 



*' Alonso Martin Quirante (Blair and Robertson, ut supra, 20, 269) thus 

 describes the clothing of the mountain people in 1624 : "The usual dress and 

 clothing of that people is a loose shock of disheveled hair that reaches below 

 the ears, and certain bands about one jeme [span] wide made from the 

 bark of trees. Having wound these about the waist, they twist them 

 so that they cover the privy parts. They call these bahaques, and they 

 are worn by all classes of people, men and women. Besides the said 

 bahaque, the chiefs wear Ilocan blankets, which they have inherited from 

 their ancestors; this garment is crossed from the shoulder to the waist, 

 where they knot it. Thus do they go, without any other clothes or 

 shoes." See also footnote 26. 



50 That is, things made of clay. Putik is a common northern Luzon 

 word for clay or mud. — Beyer. 



M Throughout the entire extent of the Philippine Archipelago are found 

 jars of Chinese origin, mute witnesses of the great extent since the 

 earliest times of Chinese trade. Many of them are centuries old, and 

 are considered among the most priceless treasures of their owners. See 

 Jenks, Pub. P. I. Ethnol. Surv. (1905), 1, 117-121, for a discussion of 

 Bontoc pottery. See also Cole and Laufer, Chinese pottery in the Philip- 

 pines, Field Mus. Pub. (1913). 



