
SOCIETY 159 
is two and a half centavos, except during the half year 
immediately preceding the harvest, when it doubles, 
Small payments are frequently made in this rice cur- 
rency; larger ones are figured in it or in pigs or buffaloes. 
The result of all of the many negotiations, sales, and 
loans is that even the primitive Filipino has acquired 
an unusual sense of numbers and great versatility in the 
use of figures. Arithmetical operations are however 
mental or performed with counters, and no system of 
numeral notation has been reported. 
Economic VALUATIONS AMONG THE IFUGAO 
x Pesos. 
Rice fields with water rights, per acre 250-800 
Sweet potato fields no value 
Coconut palm (without land) 5 
Areca palm (without land) 50 
Slave — 100 
Buffalo 50-80 
Pig 2.50-30 
Fowl .25-1 
Commission for buying and bringing buffalo from Christian 
districts 10 
Bronze gongs 8-250 
Gold neck ornaments (intrinsic value of metal about one-sixth) 60-120 
Strings of agate beads 250 
Jars for rice wine 60-400 
Damages varying according to wealth of the parties involved 
False Accusation 10-35 
Curse ‘‘may you die”’ 10-35 
Adultery committed after preliminary marriage ceremony 5-20 
after second ceremony 12-50 
after final ceremony 25-100 
with aggravation or insult (hokwit) 50-200 
Wounding 80 
plus cost of ceremonies for recovery and reconciliation 100 
Attempts to involve as an accomplice in a killing 50-150 
Homicide, varied but little according to rank or wealth 1000 
