
46 PEOPLES OF THE PHILIPPINES 
The less numerous or Indonesian type differs in several 
respects. It averages several centimeters less in bodily 
height. The head is perceptibly narrower, the nose very 
much broader. The figure is stockier, the legs are short 
and sturdy, and there is a general lack of the racial 
refinemént that distinguishes the bodily contours of the 
proper Malayan. 

Fig. 9. Rie: LO; 
Figs. 9, 10. Indonesians: Nabaloi Woman; Bontok Man equipped for War. 
In other features there is not yet known to be any 
difference between the two types, but those enumerated 
suffice to establish them as separate, although there is 
every indication that they are rather closely related. 
In the Philippines, nine-tenths or more of the popula- 
tion are of the Malayan type. This comprises practically 
all of the Christian tribes, certainly the majority of the 

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