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Bill M
12th April 2005, 01:18 AM
1907 But she is timeless!

nechesh
12th April 2005, 02:51 AM
Hey Bill, What makes you think this warrior is a woman? :confused:

Tim Simmons
12th April 2005, 07:51 AM
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder :eek:

Conogre
12th April 2005, 07:53 AM
I'm hoping that he's talking about the one in the window.
Mike

tom hyle
12th April 2005, 01:16 PM
Yeah, she's a cutey, but ol' Dad's standing around outside with his spear held with oh so casual competence.......I'm pretty sure that's a man, too. Westerners (including me) sometimes have trouble sexing SE Asians in old pictures. I think it's partly the gracility of the people (both from genetics and healthy lifestyles), and partly that the cultural gender cues are quite different. I have recently read how the Brittish in India used (?) to speak down of the Hindoos for seeming effeminate (to their foreign eyes)........

Federico
12th April 2005, 05:15 PM
The Chieftan with the spear and shield is most definitely a man. There is a good studio portrait of him in Jonathan Best's book of postcards. According to the caption in the book, the sash is what marks him as a chief.

Ian
12th April 2005, 06:11 PM
Bagobo men have long been known for their fine and graceful facial features. Some of the early descriptions noted the difficulty of separating Bagobo men and women by their facial appearances.

Ian.

Bill M
12th April 2005, 09:26 PM
Hey Bill, What makes you think this warrior is a woman? :confused:


I, um, meant the woman in the window... Actualy the caption came from an ad for the postcard that said, "Picture of Bagobo Woman Warrior." I thought :o that she was kind of flat chested and just a trifle ugly. But who am I to judge Bagobo standards? :confused: ---- :eek: