Bontoc warriors
Bontoc warriors
Although the Bontoc, like the other peoples of Northern Luzon, practice the peace pact, they are the only group known to have laws on warfare. This tendency to fighting prevented their subjugation by the Spanish. The Americans seemed to have a pacifying influence that was most felt in Sagada and Bontoc town (CCP Encyclopedia of Philippine Art, Vol. l, 158). (See also PE00109, PE00110, PE00111, PE00734.)
Circa 1913
Bontoc
Mountain Province
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Although the Bontoc, like the other peoples of Northern Luzon, practice the peace pact, they are the only group known to have laws on warfare. This tendency to fighting prevented their subjugation by the Spanish. The Americans seemed to have a pacifying influence that was most felt in Sagada and Bontoc town (CCP Encyclopedia of Philippine Art, Vol. l, 158). (See also PE00109, PE00110, PE00111, PE00734.)
Circa 1913
Bontoc
Mountain Province
bontoc igorot cordillera custom costume ficum spear weapons warfare g-string male igorot ethnolinguistic indigenous highlands loincloth otto gmur shell ornament bontoc igorot