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Bontoc warrior
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Visual materialSubject(s): Circa 1913
| Bontoc | Mountain Province | 1913 | ax | basket cap | basket work hat | cordillera | costumes | headdress | feathers | ethnolinguistic | indigenous people | shield | spear | g-string | otto gmur | jenks | mountain peoples | the bontoc igorots | luzon | suklang | sukrob | weaponsOnline resources: View photo (midsize) | View photo (thumbnail) | View in Retrato website printGeneral Note(s): Albert Ernest Jenks says in The Bontoc Igorot (1905, 178): "Men go to war armed with a wooden shield, a steel battle-ax, and one to three steel or wooden spears. It is a man's agility and skill in keeping his shield between himself and the enemy that preserves his life." (See also PE00109, PE00110, PE0011.)Collection: Otto Gmur Collection,Filipinas Heritage LibraryImage type: Reproduction: PhotographMedia format: print
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Filipinas Heritage Library | Retrato - Peoples | PE00734 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not for loan | PE00734 |
Albert Ernest Jenks says in The Bontoc Igorot (1905, 178): "Men go to war armed with a wooden shield, a steel battle-ax, and one to three steel or wooden spears. It is a man's agility and skill in keeping his shield between himself and the enemy that preserves his life." (See also PE00109, PE00110, PE0011.)
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