IX. MEASUREMENTS OF SOME SAKAI 



OF SUNGKAI AND SLIM, SOUTH PERAK, WITH 



NOTES ON THE SAME (Plates I— XXIII). 



By C. BoDEN Kloss, F.R.A.I. 



NOTES. 



The hair of all these people was black ; by which is meant 

 a sooty or rusty tint, not a shining or dead black colour. The 

 colour of their skin varied between tints 3 and 4 of Broca. 

 Their bodies were in normal condition, neither stout nor thin, 

 and generally bore only slight traces of hair, though a few 

 individuals were glabrous. All called themselves " Senoi," 

 all were bihngual and all the parties met with had " penghulu " 

 sometimes two or three to a party. They had no bomor or 

 Pawang. 



Nos. I — 5 {see Table of Measurements). 



Living between the road and the railway line about two 

 miles south of Sungkai Station in small clearings cultivated 

 with rice, bananas, sugarcane and tapioca. The floors of some 

 of the houses in this settlement were barely raised above the 

 ground, others were from three to six feet high and beneath 

 these latter goats were penned. Roofs were of lalang grass, 

 walls of palm leaf and floors of bamboo, covered with pandanus 

 mats, some of which were very finely woven. Three or four 

 blowpipes and quivers were obtained and a few arrows. These 

 weapons were made by the Sakai of the hills and evidently 

 were very little used by these people, who owned several old 

 muskets. Malay garments were in general use and also 

 common forms of Malay utensils and implements, such as rice 

 strainers and winnowers. 



Some of this party gave their tribal name as " Senoi Sakai 

 Burong." The quiver-cover was of rattan, circular, and 

 flattened on top. 



Nos. 6 — 7. 



Came from some miles up the Sungkai river. Both 

 appeared to have retained their primitive condition, wore bark 

 cloth 'chawat,' and had forehead and nose streaked with 

 vertical blue Hues. Both suffered from skin disease. The 

 quiver cover was of pandanus leaf, elongate, triangular and 

 flattened on top. 



Nos. 8 — 13. 



Members of a group of 10 individuals, men, women and 

 children, felling jungle on contract for a rubber estate near 

 Sungkai. One or two of the party wore bark cloth 'chawat,' the 

 remainder possessed Chinese trousers or Malay sarongs. 



September, 1915. 



