122 COLLECTIONS FROM THE PHILIPPIXE ISLANDS 



West Wixg 

 COLLECTIONS FROM THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 



The hall due north of the Pacific Islands hall is devoted mainly to the 

 Philippine Islands, but some of the cases in the northwest corner house 

 collections from other parts of Malaysia, such as the interesting series of 

 marionettes from Java. 



Near the entrance and in the center aisle may be seen the model of a 

 woman weaving a garment on a native loom: at the far end of the 

 hall a native tree house dominates the scene; and east of it there 

 is the model of a bamboo-walled and thatch-roofed house. 



The visitor should note that like the African Negroes, but unlike all 

 other primitive stocks, the Malayan tribes represented in this hall used 

 iron tools. The numerous iron weapons — spears, battle-axes, and krises 

 (daggers with serpentine blades) — are especially remarkable. 



On the west side of the hall will be found a number of synoptic 

 exhibits of native krises, shields, fabrics, basketry and ceramics. Pottery 

 is not highly developed in this area, but the textile arts flourish to a 

 remarkable degree. The industrial life of the Bagobo of Mindanao is 

 particularly well illustrated in the collections. 



Much more primitive in their culture than the other Malaysians are 

 the Negritos, a dark-skinned and frizzly -haired pigmy stock forming 

 with similar groups in other parts of the world a distinct division of 

 the Negro race. They are everywhere hunters using the bow and 

 arrow and ignorant of agriculture. Their simple implements are 

 shown in a table case in the northeastern section of the hall. 



Finally, in a case at the rear of the hall will be found life casts of 

 faces, nose and hair from the different races represented in this hall. 

 Also charts of stature and head form, with distribution maps. (See 

 Handbook No. 8, The Peoples of the Philippines.) 



