mining outfit.
Also Bontoc Igorotte spears, shields, and carved wooden human figures,
men's basket hats, women's headdress beads, men's boar tusk armlets, and
the earrings and ear plugs worn by both men and women.
The ceilings and walls of the hall in which the exhibits were located
were covered with bark and cotton clothing made by the various Igorrote
people, such clothing as women's skirts and jackets, men's breechcloths
and shirts, and the various burial garments used by both men and women.
There was also a very large collection of shields and spears of the
various Igorrote people, a very exhaustive collection of Negrito
materials, and some excellent Kalinga, Ibilao, Tinguian, and Mangiyan
materials.
One case contained a collection of Bagobo, Manobo, and Mandaya materials
and a collection of materials from the Tagakola, the Bilan, the Tiruray,
and the Subano.
A good collection of materials from the little-known Tagabanua people of
the island of Paragua was displayed.
The third hall contained, almost exclusively, materials from the various
Mohammedan people of the archipelago, commonly called "Moros," such as
Moro mats, saddles, and bridles made and used by the "Moros," crude
string and wind instruments gathered from many places in the
archipelago, and curious gongs used by the Moros as musical instruments
and for beating sound messages from place to place.
A typical manial house attracted much attention. The building
represented a house of the wealthy class, with shell windows. The
exhibit contained therein consisted in the main of handsome handwoven
fabrics and embroideries, prominent among which are the famed jusi and
pina cloths and sinamy fabrics. There were, besides, many pieces of
hand-carved furniture and works of art.
There were artificial flowers, cotton goods, fancy goods, embroidery,
jusi cloth, sinamay cloth, pina cloth, and silks.
Besides the above, the walls, ceilings, and show cases were decorated
with hats, baskets, mattings, and pottery. In the rooms were 50 pieces
of carved furniture. A number of paintings was also on exhibition here.
Following is the list of awards as approved by the superior jury:
Grand prizes, 1; gold medals, 16; silver medals, 62; bronze medals, 213;
honorable mention, 1,200; total number of awards 1,492.
PORTO RICO.
In the Agricultural Building, not far from the main entrance, was found
the Porto Rico section. It was in the nature of a pagoda of two
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