Bontoc warrior

Bontoc warrior

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.)




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 weapons

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