The Manóbos of Mindanáo

The Manóbos of Mindanáo

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Title: The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of
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THE MANÓBOS OF MINDANÁO
by
JOHN M. GARVAN

MEMOIRS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
VOLUME XXIII FIRST MEMOIR
United States Government Printing Office Washington : 1931 For sale
by the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D. C. Price $1.00
(paper cover)
MEMOIRS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
VOLUME XXIII
FIRST MEMOIR
THE MANÓBOS OF MINDANÁO
JOHN M. GARVAN
Presented to the Academy at the Annual Meeting, 1929

THE MANÓBOS OF MINDANÁO
by
JOHN M. GARVAN

CONTENTS

PART I. DESCRIPTIVE

CHAPTER I.
Classification and geographical distribution of Manóbos and other
peoples in eastern Mindanáo
Explanation of terms "Eastern Mindanáo" The term "tribe" Present use
of the word "Manóbo" The derivation and original application of the
word "Manóbo" Geographical distribution of the Manóbos in eastern
Mindanáo In the Agúsan Valley On the eastern side of the Pacific
Cordillera On the peninsula of San Agustin The Mamánuas, or
Negritos, and Negrito-Manóbo half-breeds The Banuáons The
Mañgguáñgans The Mansákas The Debabáons The Mandáyas The
Tágum branch The Agúsan Valley branch The Pacific coast branch The
gulf of Davao branch The Moros The Biláns The Tagakaólos The
Lóaks or Lóags The conquistas or recently Christianized peoples The
Manóbo conquistas The Mandáya conquistas The Mamánua conquistas
The Mañgguáñgan conquistas The Mansáka conquistas The Debabáon
conquistas The Bisáyas or Christian Filipinos
CHAPTER II.

Physical characteristics and general appearance of the Manóbos of
eastern Mindanáo
Physical type Divergence of types General physical type Racial and
tribal affinities Montano's Indonesian theory Keane's view The
Indonesian theory as applied to Manóbos Physical type of contiguous
peoples The Mañgguáñgans The Mandáyas The Debabáons The
Mamánuas The Banuáons Physical appearance as modified by dress
and ornamentation
CHAPTER III.
A survey of the material and sociological culture of the Manóbos of
eastern Mindanáo
General material culture Dwellings Alimentation Narcotic and
stimulating enjoyments Means of subsistence Weapons and implements
Industrial activities General sociological culture Domestic life Marital
relations Pregnancy, birth, and childhood Medicine, sickness, and death
Social and family enjoyments Political organization System of
government and social control Methods of warfare Intertribal and
analogous relations Administration of justice General principles and
various laws Regulations governing domestic relations and property;
customary procedure in settlement of disputes
CHAPTER IV.
Religious ideas and mental characteristics in general
A brief survey of religion The basis, influence, and machinery of
religion The hierarchy of Manóbo divinities, beneficent and malignant
Priests, their functions, attributes, and equipment The main
characteristics of Manóbo religion Mental and other attainments and
characteristics

PART II. GENERAL MATERIAL
CULTURE

CHAPTER V.
The Manobo home
In general Motives that determine the selection of the site Religious
motives Material motives Religious ceremonies connected with the
erection of a house Structure of the house The materials The
dimensions and plan of construction The floor The roof and the thatch
The walls The doorway and the ladder Internal arrangements
Decorations The furniture and equipment of the house The underpart
and the environment of the house Order and cleanliness of the house
CHAPTER VI.
Dress
General remarks Delicacy in exposure of the person Variety in quantity
and quality of clothes The use of bark cloth Dress as an indication of
rank Dress in general Preferential colors in dress The man's dress Hats
and headkerchiefs The jacket The lower garment The girdle The
betel-nut knapsack The woman's dress The jacket The upper Agúsan
style The style of the central group The girdle and its pendants The
skirt
CHAPTER VII.
Personal adornment
General remarks Hair and head adornment Care and ornamentation of
the head Combs Ear disks Neck and breast ornaments Arm and hand
ornamentation Knee and ankle adornments Body mutilations General

remarks Mutilation of the teeth Mutilation of the ear lobes Depilation
Tattooing Circumcision
CHAPTER VIII.
Alimentation
Fire and its production The "fire saw" The steel and flint process
Continuation of the fire