Native filipinos, called "indios" by the spanish. Detail from carta hydrographica y chorographica de las yslas filipinas (1734). From left to right, mainly translated from the spanish captions as indicated:
a native couple dressed for church,
a native woman dressed in a "chinina" (chinese-style blouse or shirt) and a "tapis" (skirt); she is carrying a basket of wild guava fruit,
two children, one dressed in a loincloth, the other naked. Both are carrying various items, incuding a crab,
a visayan man, armed with a "balarao" (knife or dagger) and a sword
in the background are a couple performing a native dance. Date: 26 September 1734.
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