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Title: The Tinguian
Social, Religious, and Economic Life of a Philippine Tribe

Author: Fay-Cooper Cole

Release Date: July 8, 2004 [EBook #12849]

Language: English

Character set encoding: ASCII

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The Tinguian
Social, Religious, and Economic Life of a Philippine Tribe

By
Fay-Cooper Cole
Assistant Curator of Malayan Ethnology

1922

CONTENTS

List of Illustrations
Introduction
I. Geographical Relations and History
II. Physical Type and Relationships
III. The Cycle of Life

Birth
Childhood
Engagement and Marriage
Death and Burial
The Layog

IV. Religion and Magic
V. The Ceremonies

1. The Minor Ceremonies
2. The Great Ceremonies
3. Special Ceremonies

VI. Social Organization. Government. The Village
VII. Warfare, Hunting, and Fishing
VIII. Economic Life

Rice Culture
Cultivated Plants and Trees
Wild Plants and Trees
Plants and Trees Used in the Treatment of Disease
Use of Betel-Nut, Tobacco, and Stimulants
Domestic Animals

IX. Products of Industry

Iron-Working
Spinning and Weaving
Manufacture of Rope and String
Bark Cloth
Basket Making
Mats
Dyes
Net Making
Manufacture of Pottery
Pipe Making
Method of Drying Hides

X. Decorative Art
XI. Personal Adornment, Dances, and Musical Instruments
XII. Music, By Albert Gale
Conclusions

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Text-Figures

1. Child's Cradle and Jumper
2. Diagram of a Game
3. Cross Sections Showing Types of Graves
4. Ceremonial Paraphernalia
5. Household Objects
6. Spoons and Ladles
7. Types of Knives
8. Head-axes
9. Spears
10. Shields