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Bontoc warriors
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Visual materialSubject(s): 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 igorotOnline resources: View photo (midsize) | View photo (thumbnail) | View in Retrato website printGeneral Note(s): 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.)Collection: Otto Gmur Collection,Filipinas Heritage LibraryImage type: Reproduction: PhotographMedia format: print
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Filipinas Heritage Library | Retrato - Peoples | PE00718 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not for loan | PE00718 |
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| PE00715 Bontoc children | PE00716 Bontoc girls | PE00717 Bontoc woman | PE00718 Bontoc warriors | PE00719 Bontoc weaver | PE00720 Bontoc weaver | PE00721 Bontoc weaver |
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.)
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