The Bontoc tattoo is exceedingly elaborate. Neither a man nor a woman may be tattooed except when a successful head-hunting expedition has returned to the village or ward.
Univ. Calif. Publ. Am. Arch. & Ethn. Vol. 15 [Barton] Plate 8
A Bontoc Girl
The saucy, undomesticated expression of the face is characteristic of the Bontoc Igorot. To describe with a single word the dispositions of the three upper mountain tribes of northern Luzon, it could be said that the Kalinga is a rake, the Bontoc a dare-devil, and the Ifugao a mystic.
Univ. Calif. Publ. Am. Arch. & Ethn. Vol. 15 [Barton] Plate 9
Bontoc Houses