E-text prepared by Carl D. DuBois Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 18273-h.htm or 18273-h.zip: (https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/1/8/2/7/18273/18273-h/18273-h.htm) or (https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/1/8/2/7/18273/18273-h.zip) Transcriber's note: The Table of Contents and the List of Illustrations were added by the transcriber. The text refers to 76 photographic "PLATES," but the source copy contained only the first. Two of the illustrations were labeled "FIG. 26;" I have labeled them FIG. 26A and FIG. 26B. Field Museum of Natural History. Publication 170. Anthropological Series Vol. XII, No. 2. THE WILD TRIBES OF DAVAO DISTRICT, MINDANAO by FAY-COOPER COLE Assistant Curator of Malayan Ethnology The R. F. Cummings Philippine Expedition George A. Dorsey Curator, Department of Anthropology [Frontispiece:] TRIBAL MAP OF DAVAO DISTRICT Chicago, U. S. A. September, 1913 CONTENTS I. THE BAGOBO. II. BILA-AN. III. KULAMAN. IV. TAGAKAOLO. V. ATA. VI. MANDAYA. CONCLUSION ILLUSTRATIONS Plate 1. TRIBAL MAP OF DAVAO DISTRICT FIG. 1. SHELL BRACELET. FIG. 2. NECKLACE OF RATTAN OVERLAID WITH FERN AND ORCHID CUTICLE. FIG. 3. BRASS ANKLETS WORN BY THE WOMEN. FIG. 4. TYPES OF BRASS BRACELETS. FIG. 5. EAR STRETCHERS. FIG. 6. WOMAN'S EAR PLUGS. FIG. 7. LITTLE GIRLS' PUBIC SHIELDS. FIG. 8. THE "STOVE." FIG. 9. BAMBOO PLATE RACK. FIG. 10A. RICE MORTAR. FIG. 10B. PEDESTAL WHICH REACHES TO THE GROUND. FIG. 10C. CIRCLE OF CORN HUSKS PLACED SO AS TO PREVENT GRAIN FROM FALLING OUT. FIG. 10D. WOODEN PESTLE. FIG. 11. COCOANUT SHELL SPOONS WITH WOODEN HANDLES. FIG. 12. TAMBARA OR BASKET-LIKE RECEPTACLE IN WHICH OFFERINGS ARE MADE. FIG. 13. RICE WINNOWER. FIG. 14. INCISED LIME AND TOBACCO TUBES. FIG. 15. SPEARS USED IN FIGHTING AND HUNTING. FIG. 16. CHICKEN SNARE AND CARRYING CASE. FIG, 17. BOWS AND ARROWS. FIG. 18. BLOW GUNS AND DARTS. FIG. 19. BAMBOO FISH TRAP. FIG. 20. (LEFT) FOUR-POINTED FISH SPEAR. FIG. 21. (RIGHT) FISH LURE. FIG. 22. TYPES OF WEAVING USED IN BASKETRY. FIG. 23. TYPES OF WEAVING USED IN BASKETRY. FIG. 24. TYPES OF WEAVING USED IN BASKETRY. FIG. 25. COCOANUT SCRAPER. FIG. 26A. STAGES IN THE MANUFACTURE OF METAL BELLS. FIG. 26B. STAGE IN THE MANUFACTURE OF METAL BELLS. FIG. 27. HEMP MACHINE. FIG. 28. SUGAR CANE PRESS. FIG. 29. RICE PLANTER WITH BAMBOO CLAPPER ATTACHED TO TOP. FIG. 30. CARRYING FRAME. FIG. 31A. FRONT OF AN OBLONG SHIELD. FIG. 32B. BACK OF AN OBLONG SHIELD. FIG. 33. TAW-GAU OR BAMBOO GUITAR. FIG. 34. REALISTIC PATTERNS IN BEADS AND SHELL DISKS. FIG. 35. COOKING POT AND COVER. FIG. 36. WOMEN'S COMBS. FIG. 37. A. WOMEN'S EAR PLUGS. B. MEN'S EAR PLUGS. FIG. 38.