Ifugao Law / (In American Archaeology and Ethnology, Vol. 15, No. 1)

by Roy Franklin Barton

Note that the height of the terrace walls usually exceeds the width of the fields. This is very frequently the case throughout Ifugao-land.

Univ. Calif. Publ. Am. Arch. & Ethn. Vol. 15 [Barton] Plate 23

Planting Time, Kiangan

Young rice plants are taken from the seed beds and transplanted in the field. Women do most of this work, since their hands are nimbler than men’s. The men do most of the work of preparing the fields.

Univ. Calif. Publ. Am. Arch. & Ethn. Vol. 15 [Barton] Plate 24

Preparation for Ifugao hagabi Ceremony