Title: Nature

Year: 1869 (1860s)

Authors: Lockyer, Norman, Sir, 1836-1920. edt

Subjects:Science Science Sciences Biologie Physique Natuurwetenschappen CIENCIA NATURAL HISTORY BIOLOGY SCIENCE

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Text Appearing Before Image: go, .ire amixture of Indonesians and Proto-Malays; a few aredistinctly narrow-headed, about three times as manyare broad-headed, .and somewhat, less than two-thirdsate intermediate. The average stature of the menis 5 feet 4; inches; the women average nearly 7 inchesshorter. There is no tr.no of Negrito blood. The 1 The Bontoc Igorot. Bv Alhert Ernest Jenks. Department of theInterior. Ethnological Survey Publications, vol. i. (Manila, 1005.) Negritos of Zamabales By William Allan Reed. Ibid., vol. ii.,part i. (Manila, 1Q04.) The Nabaloi Dialect. By Otto Scbeerer. Ibid., vol. ii., parts ii., iii.(Manila, ,905.) The Bataks of Palawan. By Edward V. Miller. (Bureau of PublicPrinting.) NO J 903. VOL. 73] April 19, 1906] NATURE 58; settlement of Bontoc is divided into thirteen wardsor political divisions, called ato ; each has its separategoverning council, which can declare war or makepeace. Each ato contains three kinds of buildings :—(1) public edifices, fawi and pabafituan, for men and

Text Appearing After Image: boys; (2) similar houses, ola, for girls and youngwomen before their permanent marriage; and (3)private houses, afong, for families and widows. Thepabafunan is the home of the various ato ceremonies,and is sacred to the male sex; it is the mens club bvday and the unmarried mens dormitory; the fawi isthe council house, and as such is frequented mainlyby old men ; it is also the skull-house. Dr. Jenksadds a note on the distribution of similar club-housesin Eastern Asia and in Oceania. The olag is thedormitory of the girls from the age of two years untilthey marry, and where they receive their lovers. Theafong is the only primitive dwelling in the Philip-pines which is built on the ground, but it contains asmall upper storey, and often an attic over this; thesean- used as store-rooms for cereals. The clothes,ornaments, tattooing utensils, weapons, and the likeare described and figured. Of great interest are theaccounts of the ordinary domestic operations, especiallythose connected with t

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