The Wild Mountain Tribes of Northern Luzon
odd: label: Local Number
content: HSFA 1981.2.1
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Hilsman, Roger, 1890-1975
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content: Roger Hilsman films of the Philippines
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (53 minutes, black-and-white silent; 900 feet, 35mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1929
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Incomplete edited film with outtakes was shot in various locations including: upper Chico River (the Sabangan and central Bontoc area); Banawe, Ifugao, and northern Kalinga in border areas of eastern Abra; eastern Ilocus Sur; and Apayao (Mabaca, Pinokpok, and Buaya, Kilinga-Apayao Province). The peoples depicted include western and central Bontok Igorot, north-central Ifugao, northern Kalinga (or possibly Itneg or Isneg), and Negrito (location unknown, possibly Apayao or Ilocos Norte Province). Footage includes: Bontoc and Ifugao engaged in various subistence activities; Bontoc performing a "war dance" accompanied by gong players; a Bontoc ato (men's house) flanked by carved effigies and objects displayed from previous feasting; a Bontoc olog (women's house); the Ifugao mountain rice terraces at Banawe; young Ifugao carvers; Ifugao "war dance" with gong players and men in ritual headwear; Negritos demonstrating dance; a Negrito village with stilt houses; Negritos butchering a horse (provided by Hilsman); Kalinga operating a two-man sugar cane press; a Kalinga thigh slapping contest; gong ensemble played by Kalinga; Kalinga women wearing sarong-like wraps of trade cloth from the western lowlands; and Kalinga man with ear plugs and beaded neck ornamentation.