Handbook to the ethnographical collections . )Ossibly from the Philippines. In the Philippines are a large number of tribes, both Indonesianand Negrito, exhibiting almost every stage of culture from thelowest upwards. The civilized tribes, the Visaya of Mindanaoand the central islands, the Tagalog, Ilocano, Bicol and similartribes of JiU/.on, will not l>e described in any detail ; of the otherIndonesians the most important are the Manobo, Mandaya, Sul)anoand i>agoJ)o of Mindanao, the l?ukidnon of Mindanao and the. Fig. 70.—Objects from the Batak of Sumatra. 1. Brass pipe. 2. Knifeand sli
Handbook to the ethnographical collections . )Ossibly from the Philippines. In the Philippines are a large number of tribes, both Indonesianand Negrito, exhibiting almost every stage of culture from thelowest upwards. The civilized tribes, the Visaya of Mindanaoand the central islands, the Tagalog, Ilocano, Bicol and similartribes of JiU/.on, will not l>e described in any detail ; of the otherIndonesians the most important are the Manobo, Mandaya, Sul)anoand i>agoJ)o of Mindanao, the l?ukidnon of Mindanao and the. Fig. 70.—Objects from the Batak of Sumatra. 1. Brass pipe. 2. Knifeand slioatli. 3. Brass belt with fire-steel. 4, 5. Staves carried by Buffalo-horn for containing charms. 7. Buffalo-liorn bullet-poucli. INDONESIA 89 central islands, the Tagbanua and Batak of Palawan, the Igorotand Ilongot of Luzon. The negrito tribes are called collectivelyAeta and are found chiefly in Luzon. Besides these must bementioned the Moros, found in most places south of Luzon, whoare Mohammedanized Indonesians with a certain amount of Arabintermixture, mucli addicted to piracy. The collections in the Museum from these countries, except thatfrom Northern Borneo, are inconsiderable, consequently only themore salient points of their culture will be mentioned. The Indonesian is everywhere short in stature, with long, lankblack hair on the head and little or none on the face and body; ?vi-tsn^. i^t^iy^^jTfc^
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