Baguio City Philippines Igorote Traditional Dress Real Photo Postcard

The postcard captures individuals from the Igorot people, indigenous groups inhabiting the Cordillera Central mountains of northern Luzon in the Philippines. This image likely dates from the early 20th century, a period when the Philippines was under American colonial rule. Such ethnographic photographs served to document various indigenous cultures, often reflecting colonial interests in cataloging and understanding the diverse populations of newly acquired territories.