The Manóbos of Mindanáo / Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir

by John M. Garvan

⁴⁰A public square.

⁴¹This means in Spanish "little governor," and was the name given to the chief executive of a municipality in Spanish days. It corresponds to "mayor" at the present time.

⁴²The special government established in the subprovince of Butuán took immediate steps toward ameliorating the condition of the conquistas by opening trading posts on the lower and middle Agúsan, so that the above observations refer to the period preceding the formation of the special government.

EXPLANATION OF PLATES

PLATE 1. a, b, Manóbo women. Lankilaan, upper Agúsan. Note tattooing. c, Forearm of woman in d. d, Mandáya woman. Compostela. Note shaven eyebrows and personal ornaments.