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A Batak man with a flying squirrel catch, Palawan (the Philippines)


A Batak man with a river eel on Tanabag river, Palawan


Riverine Bataks. Notice their Dong-Shan culture; the ancient Malayo culture that the Malay Race in the Philippines brought with them from their migration out of Southern China, some 5,000 years ago.


Bataks farming. Notice the clothing and outfits.


An old Palawan man playing the Kudlang, an old indigenous Malay-based instrument.


Hanunóo-Mangyan playing the traditional violin. Mindoro (The Philippines)


A Hanunóo-Mangyan woman weaving a cotton skirt



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late 19th century Dayak tribesmen. Notice the undeniable presence of Dong Shan culture; bronze age culture.
Physical phenotype suggests a similar linkage with 3rd wave Malay wave migrants to the present Philippines. (Mindanao, and southern Visayas).



Selang Unjang Keriss (Indonesian term); or Kriss (Filipino).
The preferred weaponry of the royalty, landed nobility, and armed squires.
Purely malay weapon.


Pedang Mandau. Preferred weapon of choice by Javanese Malays, and the Sulu Malays of southern Philippines.
Also used by the Mandau Dayaks of Northern Borneo. A famous 'head-hunting' weapon.



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