
KNOWLEDGE AND ART 207 
Music. Native music had reached the point of 
possessing a number of instruments of the three types 
generally recognized: percussion, wind, and string. 
The Mohammedan tribes, and those who have come 
under their influence, possess not only xylophones, but 
sets of gongs on which melodies can be played or accom- 
panied. These instruments are almost certainly not of 
home invention. Throughout almost all the islands a 
sort of guitar is found. This is made of a joint of bam- 
boo from which several cords of the surface fiber have 




Fig. 41. Ifugao and Negrito (lower) Spoons, illustrating the upper and lower 
degrees of plastic decoration achieved by the Filipino in carving. 
been slit loose except at the ends. These cords are then 
given tension by being elevated on bridges. Even the 
Negritos use this instrument. More elaborate stringed 
instruments of obviously Asiatic form have penetrated 
to such pagan tribes as the Bagobo. A sort of jew’s harp 
or tuning fork cut in a sliver of bamboo has almost 
universal distribution and is particularly used in court- 
ship. It does not carry enough volume for public 
performance. Simple flutes are also widely diffused. 
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