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(PHILIPPINES)
A group of 59 photographs of the Philippines, including many individual and group
portraits of natives, and the surrounding culture.
With scenes of indigenous Filipinos clad in tribal dress, a Hell-themed parade float, and a pair of
native men wearing loincloths and clutching drums decorated with jaw bones and teeth. Also
included are photographs documenting the colonization of the Philippines. Silver prints, the images
measuring approximately 4
1
/
2
x6
1
/
4
inches (11.4x15.9 cm.), and smaller, and the reverse, about 40
with a caption or numeric notation, in pencil, on verso. 1900-12
[5,000/7,500]