- Author:
- Worcester, Dean C. (Dean Conant)
- Publication Info:
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Washington, DC:
National Geographic Society,
1913,
pg 1182
Text on page 1182
A YOUNG ILONGOT WOMAN
The Ilongot women show great ingenuity in their dress considering the fact that they belong to a tribe so primitive that they are unable to count beyond ten. They embroider with surprising skill, and fashion elaborate necklaces and girdles of cowries strung on colored cloth. Bells are greatly prized by both men and women and are worn at the girdle or hanging from the necklace. Head ornaments of white horse hair are their passion and they will go to any length to obtain the coveted material, which they use very tastefully as can be seen from the picture.
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