Bolo with wide blade and t-grip for identification

nosmo king · 24th April 2005, 06:36 PM

Hello everyone,I was noticing the "mystery" native's earrings.They are called batlings and they are made of hornbill.They are only worn by Ilongots that have taken heads.Here is a pic of an Ilongot with a segmented set of batlings.Notice his facial features!!!
Also,one of the Igorot tribes are the Kankana-ey this could be what they meant on that photo.
Here's an interesting link:http://www.geocities.com/sagada_igor...ic_groups.html

Ian · 24th April 2005, 08:13 PM

Nosmo:

I've blown up that picture of the guy with the bandana a few times and I thought that the two pieces of material coming down each side of his head were the two ends of the bandana tied around his forehead. Really hard to make out much detail in our mystery man photo.

Ian.

nosmo king · 24th April 2005, 10:00 PM

Ian: the Ilongot have really long hair and pull it around the front of their ears and tie it behind their heads.This makes their ears stick out.Weird

24th April 2005, 06:36 PM	#1
nosmo king Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 15	Hello everyone,I was noticing the "mystery" native's earrings.They are called batlings and they are made of hornbill.They are only worn by Ilongots that have taken heads.Here is a pic of an Ilongot with a segmented set of batlings.Notice his facial features!!! Also,one of the Igorot tribes are the Kankana-ey this could be what they meant on that photo. Here's an interesting link:http://www.geocities.com/sagada_igor...ic_groups.html Attached Images Last edited by nosmo king; 24th April 2005 at 06:47 PM. Reason: left out some info

24th April 2005, 10:00 PM	#3
nosmo king Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 15	Ian: the Ilongot have really long hair and pull it around the front of their ears and tie it behind their heads.This makes their ears stick out.Weird Attached Images

24th April 2005, 08:13 PM	#2
Ian Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: The Aussie Bush Posts: 4,522	Nosmo: I've blown up that picture of the guy with the bandana a few times and I thought that the two pieces of material coming down each side of his head were the two ends of the bandana tied around his forehead. Really hard to make out much detail in our mystery man photo. Ian.