TY - ADVS AU - Martin, Charles TI - Bontoc Rice Traders KW - Bontoc KW - 1905 KW - agricultural KW - akang KW - anthropology KW - basket KW - bontoc igorot KW - commerce KW - cordillera KW - currency KW - economics KW - goods KW - highlands KW - indigenous KW - jenks KW - Jenks KW - luwa KW - mainit KW - martin KW - mayinit KW - mountain KW - mountain province KW - pixel KW - pueblos KW - samoki Barter KW - sieve KW - trade KW - trail N1 - Jenks, an American anthropologist working among the Bontoc Igorot in the early 20th century, noted active trading between the town of Samoki and neighboring towns. Barter was the practice in towns without stores or a legalized currency. The Bontoc shown here are on their way to a nearby town with goods, mostly agricultural items, for exchange. For convenience they use the luwa, a shallow basket, and the akang, a rice sieve--made only in Samok and exchanged for the products of around 15 pueblos; Rare Book UR - http://retrato.com.ph/retratoimages/Midsize/PE/PE00708a.jpg UR - http://retrato.com.ph/retratoimages/Thumb/PE/PE00708a.jpg UR - http://www.retrato.com.ph/photodtl.asp?id=PE00708 ER -