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- Worcester frequently referred to Negritos as the lowest form of humanity and soon to be extinct, so Martin’s caption “Semicivilized Negritos” is a remarkable example of how in the colonial imagination, clothing was closely tied to civilization.
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- Kalinga chief from Lubuagan? Bontoc Igorot dance troupe? Less-civilized Kalinga policemen? Multiple identifications made by colonialists reveals more about the arbitrariness of their classificatory system & beliefs than anything about these individuals.
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- Charles Martin, keying on the man’s Western-style coat, wrote this was an “Igorot family of the better class,” but this does not begin to explain the limitless possibilities and meanings of how he acquired the coat and his wife and children’s apparent displeasure before Martin’s camera.
