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>Costume Studies
>>1935 Bontoc kadangyan
>>>hats
Subjectkadangyan war leader
Culture: Bontoc Igorot
Setting: tribal warfare, Luzon highlands 1930s-1940s
Object: hats balacka, fal-lake, socyop, soklong


Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology > Pacific Islands Hall *
"Hat  rattan, teeth, brass, hair, fiber, button  Philippines, Luzon, Bontoc
Bontoc men typically wear their hair in a bun.
  A hat worn over the bun indicates that the wearer is a bachelor." ...

* Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology > Pacific Islands Hall
"Hat  palm leaves, fiber, rattan, cotton string  Philippines, Luzon, Bontoc
This hat is worn by young, unmarried men.  
It is also used to hold small personal items such as a pipe or betel chewing supplies." ...

Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology > Pacific Islands Hall *
"Hat   fiber  Philippines, Luzon, Bontoc, Ambawan village
Married Bontoc men wear their hair in a bun covered with this type of hat." ...

* Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology > Pacific Islands Hall
"Hat  wood, tin, fiber  Philippines, Luzon, Ifugao or Bontoc
Hats depicting human faces are worn by both the Ifugao and the Bontoc peoples." ...
Museo Nacional de Antropología > Filipinas *
"Sombreros masculinos.  Bontoc.  Cordillera de Luzón.  Siglo XIX.  
Los decorados con conchas y colmillos son utilizados exclusivamente por los hombres solteros,
 mientras que los casados los usan sin ningún tipo de adorno."



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