made by the Be.si.si themselves, who also produce excellent pandan 

 aud inengkuang mats and baskets, snares of rotan, and blowpipes. 

 The musical instruments observed, besides those mentioned above, 

 were two forms of flute, a bamboo " harp " with sti-ings of rotan (the 

 instrument known to Malays as gendang batak) and liamboo 

 stampers. They told me that the fruit season is the gi'eat time for 

 giving musical parties. 



The Besisi praliu follows tlie Malay pattern. 



COLLECTIONS MADE AMONG THE BESISI (OKANG SABAT), TAMBOH, 

 KUALA LAXGAT, SELAXGOK, MAY-JUNE, 1912. 



Basket Woek, Traps and Eope. — 



(1) Rice sack {karomj bras) made oi paudav with dyed red pattern. 



Height, 517 mm. ; diameter, 231 mm. 



(2) Small mat of fine work, ornamented with violet d\e. in two 



layers, face of pandan, back of meugkimng. Uppei- layer 

 the finest work. Edges bound with red cloth. 660 mm. 

 by 345 mm. 



(3) Round open pinang basket of pandan, white Avith plaited 



ornaments. Diameter, 135 mm. 



(4) Small covered tobacco basket (bujam) made of white pandan, 



corners peaked at top and bottom. 120 mm. by 60 mm. 



(5) Small pinang pouch (upau) made in two pieces ; of pandan, 



decorated with violet dye. 55 mm. by 53 mm. 



(6) Small circulai-. closed gamhir basket of pmndan with raised 



points on base and lid (tumboh). Diameter, 50 mm. 



(7) Small betel wallet of yandan with plaited oi'nament, edges 



bound with European cloth, fold-over flap with cord, and 

 double cord for attaching to body. Inner lining (loose) of 

 coarsely plaited mengkuang. 125 mm. by 90 mm. 



(8) Small winnoAving tray (nyiru) pear-shaped in outline, made of 



bemban (the stems of Ghnogyne sp.). Length, 420 mm. 



(9) Soft carrying basket (Besisi, sentork" klet) made of meng- 



kuang with cord of terap bai'k for attaching to body. 



(10) Water bailer (Besisi, timba mok) made of the flower spatl)e of 



a palm, apparently nibong. 



(11) Carrying basket (ambong) of rotan witli cord of tcrap bark. 



Height, 356 mm. ; diameter, 230 mm. 



(12) Fish trap {bubu) with two compartments and piece of 



wood at hinder end wliich slips out to enable the catch 

 to be extracted. Made of bemban. Length, 560 mm. ; 

 diameter, 243 mm. 



(13) Cord of twisted bark antui (Besisi) kayu geharu (Malay). 



[Anfui is a Malay woi-d applied, vide Ridley {Journ. 



Straits Branch Royal Asiatic Society, No. 30, p. 39, 1897), 



