Norwich bulletin., 1919-09-04
NATIVES SHAVE HEAD
 TO LET HEAT OUT

Though the Philippines have made marked strides in culture. industry, and civiliza ton n recent years. as set forth in recent pleas for independ ence, some natives of the islands. as few Indian tribes in the United States still present striking subjects for study by ethnologists. according to bulletin from the National Ge- ographic Society
 The Negritos are generally consid l. cred 10 be the true aborisines of the Philippines and are raciaily sharply distinct from most other numerous tribes of the Islands" saysthe bulletin which IS based on a communication 10 The society from Dean C. Worcester
 They are of low. sometimes even dwarfish, stature. with very dark brown, or black skins. Thei heads are covered with closely curling hair and many of them have abundant wooil5 boards. They often have so- called ''pepped-corn" hairs distributed very abundant1y over their bodies, Their noses are broad and flat. their portionately long
 They do not tattoo their bodies, but ornament them with scar patterns. produced by cutting through thc skin rubbing dirt into the wounds thus formed in order to infect them and make good big scars.
 The linen wear small clouts. and the women short skirts reaching from the waist to the knee. The.' are Xery fond of brightly colored cloth, scarlet being preferred but individuals who cannot get cloth. and there are many such. use instead the so called bark k cloth so widely employed b.r inha bi- : Men frequently have the crowns of their heads in order to let the heat out.'
 Throughout the year they subsist ht ., ..T- they obtain from the virgin forest. and on fish and game. They are wonderful woodsrnen and display great skill in taking fish and game and in still hunting their enemies: but here their proficiency ends. They are good at of an exceptionally low order.
 Many of the SeSritos point their front teeth. but not by filling them. as is commonly supposed. chip of wood is held behind the tooth to be operated upon: the point of a bclo is placed in such position as to slant across the corner of tooth to be removed, and a sharp blew on the bolo chips a piece from the tooth. The opposite corner is similarly op- erated upon. and an artistic point is thus produced.
 The music and dancing of the Ne gritos are especially interestinl. Many of them know how to make and
 
 a kind of jews harp made from bam- boo. SoI<a of them use crude stringed instrumentN fashioned from single joints of bAnboo. the strings being cut from the outer layer of wood. to which their ends remain attached. and being raised up by means of bridges The distribution of the several kinds of musical instruments above men tiened is more or less local. but the bronze tom tom. or 'gansa is in uni versal use. although some Negrttos play it with a drunstick. while others beat # with thei- hands. Many of their dances are pantomimic. Their singing is often weird in the extreme.
 There are many stories current to the effect that Negritos are often to be met with wandering through the forest in a state of absolute nudity. and that they indulge in various ob- scene dances. I am satisfied that the former series of tales are without foundation in fact. Objectionable dances are very rare among the wild peoples of the Philippines. although they are sometimes infiuIged in by the Moros. and are common amonk the Manobos of Mindanao.
 SThe head hunting peoples of the Philippines are annrently limited to northern vLzCn. None Of the wariike tribes inhabiting other parts of the archipelago are known to take the heads of their victims"