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Title: The American Museum journal
Identifier: americanmuseumjo11amer (find matches)
Year: c1900-(1918) (c190s)
Authors: American Museum of Natural History
Subjects: Natural history
Publisher: New York : American Museum of Natural History
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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BAGOBO FINE ART COLLECTION Bti Ijiurii II itt.s-itn linirdict T\\\\ TciKh'iicy of ;i s;i\';i^f tril)c to cxjjrcss its loxc for licaiity in the form of (Iccoi'atixc art is sliow n in >oiiic detail in a collection from the Haj,'ol)o tribe of .southern Mindanao, recently installed in the Philippine Hall. Whether we examine l)asketry or woorl-ear\ in^, textiles or (Mnhroidery or heaihvork. we find a minute attention to form, a correct .sense for color contrasts, a fine discrimination in decorati\'e finish. _ The Hatroho trihe, mimherint: a few thou- s.md. foi-m> one of the f;roii()s of jja^aii Malays li\"inii- clustered in villtifie.s over the mountains and foothills that ranije hack from the west coast of the s,Mdf of I)a\ao. They are a people of sinlden-l)rown skin, earnest wide-open eyes, and mobile faces ch;int;ini,r from deep seriousness in repose to sparklinii \ivacity in conversation. In dress both women and men lune un- usually good taste and as fashions never vary from generation to generation, there comes no mandatory decree to change a good style. A more picturesque sight is rare to find than a party of Hagobo coming down a mountain trail in single fil<\ walking with swift free step, the men in shoi-t trousers an<l o))en jackets, long black hair streaming o\er their shoulders, and richly beaded carrying-bags on tln-ir backs; tlu' women in scant-bodied, scarlet-sleeved rami.sd.s and straight skirts woven in lustrous pictured patterns, and wearing their hair in glossy coils secured by headed combs. Bright- coloicd kerchiefs adorn the heads of women and men; sparkling in tlieir ears are ivory and inlaid ))higs: around their necks hang pendants of finely carved seeds and l)raided beadwork and striuig petals. Tassels of sweet- scented roots and toothbrushes of boars' A Bafiobo vuiilh I'l-oni tlu- ■ • ■ ■ ■ .1 1 1 i mountains of .southorn Min- bristles dangle from jacket and neckband, (lanao in typic-al beaded dress. .^^.j,j),. in.rderinu bag. basket and scabbard, and The Bagobo has a iiassionate • , ,• 1 n 1 1 1 love for decoration tinkhiigtroni hollow leglct or armlet are iuin-
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