Invitation Card to an "Igorote Village"

This was an invitation card for another human exhibit featuring real Igorots in December of 1912. These "human zoos" were more extensive than I thought. When we talk about the case of Igorots being brought outside the country to be exhibited, we often think about the St. Louis World's Fair of 1904 in Missouri. 

After reading more about these exhibitions, I learned that it was an industry of its own. Igorots were brought from the Philippines to America and exhibited from one city to another. A lot of them were also exhibited in Canada and Europe. This practice went on for years and a number of foreign businessmen profited from it.

What's alarming is that very little is known as to what happened to these Igorots once the human exhibits were over.

📷 University of Michigan Bentley Historical Library