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verted rice mortar also stands here, and supports a dish of basi. In 

 the mountain village of Likuan it is built alone as a cure for sickness. 

 A pig is killed and the mediums summon the spirits as in Dawak 

 (cf. p. 316). 



Kalang: A wooden box, the sides of which are cut to resemble 

 the head and horns of a carabao. The spirits are not thought to reside 

 here, but do come to partake of the food and drink placed in it. It 

 is attached to the roof of the dwelling or in the balana or kalangan. 

 New offerings are placed in the kalang, before the men go to fight, 

 or when the Sayang ceremony is held. It also holds the head-bands 

 worn by the mediums, when making Dawak (Fig. 4, No. 2). 



Kalangan : the place of the kalang. This is similar to the balaua, 

 but is smaller and, as a rule, has only four supporting timbers 

 (Plate XXIII). 



Pala-an : Four long poles, usually three of bamboo, and one of a 

 resinous tree known as anteng {Canarium villosum Bl.) are set in a 

 square and support, near the top, a platform of bamboo (Plate XXIV). 

 Offerings are made both on and below the Pala-an during the ceremony 

 of that name, and in the more important rites. 



Pangkew: Three bamboo poles are planted in the ground in a 

 triangle, but they lean away from each other at such an angle, as to 

 admit of a small platform midway of their length. A roofing of cogon 

 grass completes the structure. It is built during Sayang, and contains 

 a small jar of basi. The roof is always adorned with coconut blossoms 

 (Plate XX). 



Sagang: Sharpened bamboo poles about eight feet in length on 

 which the skulls of enemies were formerly exhibited. The pointed 

 end was pushed through the foramen magnum, and the pole was then 

 planted near the gate of the town. 



Saloko, also called Salokang and Sabut : This is a bamboo pole 

 about ten feet long, one end of which is split into several strips ; these 

 are forced apart, and are interwoven with other strips, thus forming 

 a sort of basket. When such a pole is erected near to a house, or at 

 the gate of the town, it is generally in connection with a ceremony 

 made to cure headache. It is also used in the fields as a dwelling place 

 for the spirit Kaiba-an (Plate XXV). 



The Saloko ceremony and the dlarn, which accompanies it, seem to 

 indicate that this pole originated in connection with head-hunting; 

 and its presence in the fields gives a hint that in former times a 

 head-hunt may have been a necessary preliminary to the rice-planting. 



