Visayans
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Visayans are a Philippine ethnolinguistic family group or metaethnicity native to the Visayas, to the southernmost islands south of Luzon, and to a significant portion of Mindanao. They are composed o
Visayan family. early 1900's.
Visayan women presumed to be part of the Philippine Reservation during the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair
Visayans from Bohol in traditional kimona and patadyong dancing tinikling
Visayan warriors with both taming and kalasag shields from the Historia de las Islas e Indios de Bisayas (c. 1668) by Francisco Ignacio Alcina.
Batok
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Batok, batek, patik, batik, or buri, among other names, are general terms for indigenous tattoos of the Philippines. Tattooing on both sexes was practiced by almost all ethnic groups of the Philippine
A 1908 photo of a Bontoc warrior bearing a headhunter's chaklag chest tattoo
Apo Whang-od applying traditional Kalinga tattoos (batok) using the characteristic Austronesian tattooing tools - the hafted needle and the mallet
Hafted needle, mallet, and ink bowl used in traditional Filipino tattoos
An Aeta man with scarified tattoos (c. 1885)