The Wild Tribes of Davao District, Mindanao / The R. F. Cummings Philippine Expedition

by Fay-Cooper Cole

Assistant Curator of Malayan Ethnology

The R. F. Cummings Philippine Expedition

GEORGE A. DORSEY
Curator, Department of Anthropology

CHICAGO, U. S. A.
September, 1913

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Contents

I.	[THE BAGOBO.]
II.	[BILA-AN.]
III.	[KULAMAN.]
IV.	[TAGAKAOLO.]
V.	[ATA.]
VI.	[MANDAYA.]
	[CONCLUSION]

Illustrations

Plate 1.	[TRIBAL MAP OF DAVAO DISTRICT]
FIG. 1.	[SHELL BRACELET.]
FIG. 2.	[NECKLACE OF RATTAN OVERLAID WITH FERN AND ORCHID CUTICLE.]
FIG. 3.	[BRASS ANKLETS WORN BY THE WOMEN.]
FIG. 4.	[TYPES OF BRASS BRACELETS.]
FIG. 5.	[EAR STRETCHERS.]
FIG. 6.	[WOMAN'S EAR PLUGS.]
FIG. 7.	[LITTLE GIRLS' PUBIC SHIELDS.]
FIG. 8.	[THE "STOVE."]
FIG. 9.	[BAMBOO PLATE RACK.]
FIG. 10A.	[RICE MORTAR.]
FIG. 10B.	[PEDESTAL WHICH REACHES TO THE GROUND.]
FIG. 10C.	[CIRCLE OF CORN HUSKS PLACED SO AS TO PREVENT GRAIN FROM FALLING OUT.]
FIG. 10D.	[WOODEN PESTLE.]
FIG. 11.	[COCOANUT SHELL SPOONS WITH WOODEN HANDLES.]
FIG. 12.	[TAMBARA OR BASKET-LIKE RECEPTACLE IN WHICH OFFERINGS ARE MADE.]
FIG. 13.	[RICE WINNOWER.]
FIG. 14.	[INCISED LIME AND TOBACCO TUBES.]
FIG. 15.	[SPEARS USED IN FIGHTING AND HUNTING.]
FIG. 16.	[CHICKEN SNARE AND CARRYING CASE.]
FIG. 17.	[BOWS AND ARROWS.]
FIG. 18.	[BLOW GUNS AND DARTS.]
FIG. 19.	[BAMBOO FISH TRAP.]
FIG. 20.	[(LEFT) FOUR-POINTED FISH SPEAR.]
FIG. 21.	[(RIGHT) FISH LURE.]
FIG. 22.	[TYPES OF WEAVING USED IN BASKETRY.]
FIG. 23.	[TYPES OF WEAVING USED IN BASKETRY.]
FIG. 24.	[TYPES OF WEAVING USED IN BASKETRY.]
FIG. 25.	[COCOANUT SCRAPER.]
FIG. 26A.	[STAGES IN THE MANUFACTURE OF METAL BELLS.]
FIG. 26B.	[STAGE IN THE MANUFACTURE OF METAL BELLS]
FIG. 27.	[HEMP MACHINE.]
FIG. 28.	[SUGAR CANE PRESS.]
FIG. 29.	[RICE PLANTER WITH BAMBOO CLAPPER ATTACHED TO TOP.]
FIG. 30.	[CARRYING FRAME.]
FIG. 31A.	[FRONT OF AN OBLONG SHIELD.]
FIG. 32B.	[BACK OF AN OBLONG SHIELD.]
FIG. 33.	[TAW-GAU OR BAMBOO GUITAR.]
FIG. 34.	[REALISTIC PATTERNS IN BEADS AND SHELL DISKS.]
FIG. 35.	[COOKING POT AND COVER.]
FIG. 36.	[WOMEN'S COMBS.]
FIG. 37.	[A. WOMEN'S EAR PLUGS. B. MEN'S EAR PLUGS.]
FIG. 38.	[BOWS, ARROWS AND QUIVER FROM LAKE BULÚAN REGION.]
FIG. 39.	[BOWS AND ARROWS IN COMMON USE.]
FIG. 40.	[PITCH STICK USED IN THE CAPTURE OF SMALL BIRDS.]
FIG. 41.	[DESIGNS EMBROIDERED ON MEN'S CLOTHING.]
FIG. 42.	[DESIGNS EMBROIDERED ON MEN'S CLOTHING.]
FIG. 43.	[PART OF A HEMP CLOTH PILLOW COVER.]
FIG. 44.	[WATERPROOF BASKET WITH INFITTING TOP.]
FIG. 45.	[MAN'S KNIFE AND SHEATH.]
FIG. 46.	[TAMBOLANG OR BAMBOO TRUMPET.]
FIG. 47.	[MEN'S HATS.]
FIG. 48.	[WOMAN'S COMB.]
FIG. 49.	[EAR PLUGS WITH BELL PENDANTS.]
FIG. 50.	[GOURD RICE HOLDER.]
FIG. 51.	[BIRD SNARE.]
FIG. 52.	[WOODEN SHIELDS.]
FIG. 53.	[SILVER BREAST ORNAMENTS.]
FIG. 54A to 54H.	[DESIGNS REPRESENTING THE HUMAN FORM.]
FIG. 55A to 55H.	[CROCODILE DESIGNS.]
FIG. 56.	[CROCODILE DESIGN.]
FIG. 57.	[DESIGN USED IN WEAVING.]
FIG. 58.	[INCISED DESIGNS ON A BAMBOO LIME HOLDER.]
FIG. 59.	[CLOTHES HANGER.]
FIG. 60.	[EMBROIDERED DESIGNS ON JACKTES[sic] AND CARRYING BAGS.]
FIG. 61.	[EMBROIDERED DESIGNS ON JACKTES[sic] AND CARRYING BAGS.]
FIG. 62.	[TOBACCO POUCHES.]

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