The Wild Tribes of Davao District, Mindanao

The Wild Tribes of Davao
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Title: The Wild Tribes of Davao District, Mindanao The R. F.
Cummings Philippine Expedition
Author: Fay-Cooper Cole

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Transcriber's note:
The Table of Contents and the List of Illustrations were added by the
trascriber. The text refers to 76 photographic "PLATES," but the source
copy contained only the first. Two of the illustrations were labeled
"FIG. 26;" I have labeled them FIG. 26a and FIG. 26b.

Field Museum of Natural History. Publication 170. Anthropological
Series Vol. XII, No. 2.
THE WILD TRIBES OF DAVAO DISTRICT, MINDANAO
by
FAY-COOPER COLE Assistant Curator of Malayan Ethnology
The R. F. Cummings Philippine Expedition
George A. Dorsey Curator, Department of Anthropology

[Frontispiece:] TRIBAL MAP OF DAVAO DISTRICT

Chicago, U. S. A. September, 1913

CONTENTS
I. THE BAGOBO. II. BILA-AN. III. KULAMAN. IV. TAGAKAOLO.

V. ATA. VI. MANDAYA. CONCLUSION

ILLUSTRATIONS
Plate 1. TRIBAL MAP OF DAVAO DISTRICT
FIG. 1. SHELL BRACELET. FIG. 2. NECKLACE OF RATTAN
OVERLAID WITH FERN AND ORCHID CUTICLE. FIG. 3. BRASS
ANKLETS WORN BY THE WOMEN. FIG. 4. TYPES OF BRASS
BRACELETS. FIG. 5. EAR STRETCHERS. FIG. 6. WOMAN'S EAR
PLUGS. FIG. 7. LITTLE GIRLS' PUBIC SHIELDS. FIG. 8. THE
"STOVE." FIG. 9. BAMBOO PLATE RACK. FIG. 10A. RICE
MORTAR. FIG. 10B. PEDESTAL WHICH REACHES TO THE
GROUND. FIG. 10C. CIRCLE OF CORN HUSKS PLACED SO AS
TO PREVENT GRAIN FROM FALLING OUT. FIG. 10D. WOODEN
PESTLE. FIG. 11. COCOANUT SHELL SPOONS WITH WOODEN
HANDLES. FIG. 12. TAMBARA OR BASKET-LIKE RECEPTACLE
IN WHICH OFFERINGS ARE MADE. FIG. 13. RICE WINNOWER.
FIG. 14. INCISED LIME AND TOBACCO TUBES. FIG. 15.
SPEARS USED IN FIGHTING AND HUNTING. FIG. 16. CHICKEN
SNARE AND CARRYING CASE. FIG, 17. BOWS AND ARROWS.
FIG. 18. BLOW GUNS AND DARTS. FIG. 19. BAMBOO FISH
TRAP. FIG. 20. (LEFT) FOUR-POINTED FISH SPEAR. FIG. 21.
(RIGHT) FISH LURE. FIG. 22. TYPES OF WEAVING USED IN
BASKETRY. FIG. 23. TYPES OF WEAVING USED IN BASKETRY.
FIG. 24. TYPES OF WEAVING USED IN BASKETRY. FIG. 25.
COCOANUT SCRAPER. FIG. 26a. STAGES IN THE
MANUFACTURE OF METAL BELLS. FIG. 26b. STAGE IN THE
MANUFACTURE OF METAL BELLS. FIG. 27. HEMP MACHINE.
FIG. 28. SUGAR CANE PRESS. FIG. 29. RICE PLANTER WITH
BAMBOO CLAPPER ATTACHED TO TOP. FIG. 30. CARRYING
FRAME. FIG. 31A. FRONT OF AN OBLONG SHIELD. FIG. 32B.
BACK OF AN OBLONG SHIELD. FIG. 33. TAW-GAU OR
BAMBOO GUITAR. FIG. 34. REALISTIC PATTERNS IN BEADS
AND SHELL DISKS. FIG. 35. COOKING POT AND COVER. FIG.
36. WOMEN'S COMBS. FIG. 37. A. WOMEN'S EAR PLUGS. B.

MEN'S EAR PLUGS. FIG. 38. BOWS, ARROWS AND QUIVER
FROM LAKE BULUAN REGION. FIG. 39. BOWS AND ARROWS
IN COMMON USE. FIG. 40. PITCH STICK USED IN THE
CAPTURE OF SMALL BIRDS. FIG. 41. DESIGNS EMBROIDERED
ON MEN'S CLOTHING. FIG. 42. DESIGNS EMBROIDERED ON
MEN'S CLOTHING. FIG. 43. PART OF A HEMP CLOTH PILLOW
COVER. FIG. 44. WATERPROOF BASKET WITH INFITTING TOP.
FIG. 45. MAN'S KNIFE AND SHEATH. FIG. 46. TAMBOLANG OR
BAMBOO TRUMPET. FIG. 47. MEN'S HATS. FIG. 48. WOMAN'S
COMB. FIG. 49. EAR PLUGS WITH BELL PENDANTS. FIG. 50.
GOURD RICE HOLDER. FIG. 51. BIRD SNARE. FIG. 52.
WOODEN SHIELDS. FIG. 53. SILVER BREAST ORNAMENTS.
FIG. 54A TO 54H. DESIGNS REPRESENTING THE HUMAN
FORM. FIG. 55A TO 55H. CROCODILE DESIGNS. FIG. 56.
CROCODILE DESIGN. FIG. 57. DESIGN USED IN WEAVING. FIG.
58. INCISED DESIGNS ON A BAMBOO LIME HOLDER. FIG. 59.
CLOTHES HANGER. FIG. 60. EMBROIDERED DESIGNS ON
JACKTES[sic] AND CARRYING BAGS. FIG. 61. EMBROIDERED
DESIGNS ON JACKTES[sic] AND CARRYING BAGS. FIG. 62.
TOBACCO POUCHES.

PREFACE.
The material presented in this paper was obtained, for the most part,
during a stay of seven months among the tribes of Davao District in
Southern Mindanao of the Philippine Islands. Previous to this I had
spent a like period studying the Bukidnon, of the North-Central part of
the Island, and while thus engaged, had penetrated to within about fifty
miles of the Gulf of Davao. In order to trace migrations, relationships,
and trade routes, it was determined to continue the work from the Gulf
coast toward the interior. In pursuance of this