An Igorot woman weaving on a loom, a Tinguian wedding dance, a group of wealthy Kalinga women exquisitely dressed in patterned fabric and heavy brass ornaments, two Bontoc men posed for anthropological study, an elevate thatched hut, views of old Bontoc town, the expanse of rice terraces and many others capture a slice of daily life, traditions and architecture at the turn of the 20th century until 1925.
The exhibition curator, Jonathan Best, senior consultant to the Ortigas Library, chose photographs from the library’s collection, his own and from several other collectors. He had guidelines for what were to be included in the exhibition. Dogs herded to market to be purchased, dogs to be eaten and anything to do with headhunting, gruesome headless bodies and the like were not in…
