
The Bontoc Igorot
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Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. This book is printed in black & white, Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Reprinted in 2022 with the help of original edition published long back 1905. As this book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages. Resized as per current standards. We expect that you will understand our compulsion with such books. If it is multi volume set, then it is only ...
Chapters (542)
- The Bontoc Igorot
- Albert Ernest Jenks Manila 1905
- Letter of Transmittal
- Illustrations
- Preface
- Introduction
- Chapter I The Igorot Culture Group
- Igorot land
- Igorot peoples
- Chapter II The Bontoc Culture Group
- Bontoc culture area
- Marks of Bontoc culture
- The Bontoc man
- Introduction
- Historical sketch
- Somatology
- Man
- Woman
- Child
- Pathology
- Chapter III General Social Life
- The pueblo
- Ato
- Pabafunan and fawi
- Olag
- Afong
- The family
- Childbirth
- Twins
- Abortion
- Child
- Care of child in parents’ dwelling
- Naming
- Circumcision
- Amusements
- Puberty
- Life in olag
- Marriage
- Divorce
- The widowed
- Orphans
- The aged
- Sickness, disease, and remedies
- Death and burial
- Chapter IV Economic Life
- Production
- Natural production
- Hunting
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- Fishing
- Vegetal production
- Cultural production
- Agriculture
- Figure 2.
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- Zoöculture
- Clothing production
- Implement and utensil production
- Weapon production
- Figure 5.
- Figure 6.
- Pipe production, and smoking
- Fire making
- Division of labor
- Wages, and exchange of labor
- Distribution
- Theft
- Conquest
- Consumption
- Foods
- Beverages
- Salt
- Figure 7.
- Sugar
- Meals and mealtime
- Transportation
- Commerce
- Barter
- Sale
- Medium of exchange
- Measure of exchange value
- Standard of value
- Palay currency
- Trade routes
- Trade languages and traders
- Stages of commerce
- Property right
- Personal property of individual
- Personal property of group
- Real property of individual
- Real property of group
- Public property
- Sale of property
- Rent, loan, and lease of property
- Inheritance and bequest
- Tribute, tax, and “rake off”
- Chapter V Political Life and Control
- Crimes, detection and punishment
- Chapter VI War and Head-Hunting
- Chapter VII Æsthetic Life
- Dress
- Figure 8.
- Decoration
- Tattoo
- Music
- Instrumental music
- Vocal music
- Dancing
- Games
- Formalities
- Chapter VIII Religion
- Spirit belief
- Exorcist
- Lumawig, the Supreme Being
- “Changers” in religion
- Priesthood
- Sacred days
- Ceremonials
- Ceremonies connected with agriculture
- Pochang
- Chaka
- Suwat
- Keeng
- Totolod
- Safosab
- Lislis
- Loskod
- Okiad
- Kopus
- Ceremonies connected with climate
- Fakil
- Kalob
- Chinamwi
- Ceremonies connected with head taking1
- Kafokab
- Changtu
- Ceremony connected with ato
- Chapter IX Mental Life
- Actual knowledge
- Mensuration
- Numbers
- Lineal measure
- Measurement of animals
- The calendar
- Figure 9.
- Folk tales
- The sun man and moon woman; or, origin of head-hunting
- Origin of coling, the serpent eagle1
- Origin of tilin, the ricebird2
- Origin of kaag, the monkey
- Origin of gayyang, the crow, and fanias, the large lizard
- Owug, the snake
- Who took my father’s head?
- Chapter X Language
- Introduction
- Alphabet
- Linguistic inconsistencies
- Nouns
- Pronouns
- Verbs
- Comparative vocabularies
- Bontoc vocabulary
- English, with Bontoc equivalent
- Cosmology
- Human Body
- Bodily Conditions
- Consanguineal and Social Relationships
- Clothing, Dress, and Adornment
- Foods and Beverages
- Weapons, Utensils, Etc.
- Home and Field
- Animals
- Vegetal Life
- Verbs
- Adjectives
- Adverbs
- Cardinal Numerals
- Ordinal Numerals10
- Distributive Numerals
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