Bontoc Igorot woman
Statement of responsibility: Charles MartinType:
Visual materialSubject(s): Circa 1903
| Bontoc | Bontoc Pueblo | bamboo pieces | anthropology | bontoc | cordillera | cork stopper | ear plugs | earrings | ethnic groups | indigenous peoples | jenks | Personal Adornments | sugarcabe leaves | u-dao | wads of vegetable pith | wooden plugsOnline resources: View photo (midsize) | View photo (thumbnail) | View in Retrato website printGeneral Note(s): Bontoc women (and men) wear ear stretchers and ear plugs in a slit in the ear lobe to prepare it for the earring. The plugs--in no way decorative--can be two short pieces of bamboo forced apart and held by two crossspieces between them, bunches of vegetable pith, wads of sugarcane leaves, or wooden plugs shaped like cork stoppers (Jenks, 184)Source: Albert Ernest Jenks. The Bontoc Igorot. 1905. Plate XVCollection: Filipinas Heritage LibraryImage type: Reproduction: PhotogaphMedia format: printCaption: U-DAO OF BONTOC PUEBLO
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Filipinas Heritage Library | Retrato - Peoples | PE00088 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not for loan | PE00088 |
Bontoc women (and men) wear ear stretchers and ear plugs in a slit in the ear lobe to prepare it for the earring. The plugs--in no way decorative--can be two short pieces of bamboo forced apart and held by two crossspieces between them, bunches of vegetable pith, wads of sugarcane leaves, or wooden plugs shaped like cork stoppers (Jenks, 184).
Albert Ernest Jenks. The Bontoc Igorot. 1905. Plate XV
U-DAO OF BONTOC PUEBLO
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