3i6 PAGAN TRIBES OF BORNEO 



130, 142, 154. Ulu Ayars{26$y N) 125, 136, 145. Land 

 Dayaks (42 i, S) 122, 136, 145. 



Kohlbrugge points out that there seems to be no ground 

 for dividing the " Indonesians " into a taller and shorter 

 group since the differences are slight. If this distinction 

 were drawn, the Ulu Ayars (av. 1.571 m., med. 1.551 m.) 

 would belong to the shorter group as would the Enganese 

 (av. 1.570 m.). His 34 Kayan men (av. 1.584 m., med. 

 1.582 m.) and 14 Punan men (av. 1.583 m., med. 1.569 m.) 

 and the Gorontalese (1.584 m.) are intermediate between 

 these and the Tenggerese (1.604 m.) and Battak (1.605). 

 I also find this distinction untenable, as our Kayans 

 (av. 1.559 m., med. 1.550 m.) and Punans (av. 1.555 n^-> 

 med. 1.550 m.) are of the same stature or even possibly 

 shorter than his Ulu Ayars, whereas our 16 Kenyah men 

 (av. 1.597 m., med. 1.608) are taller than his Kayans. He 

 adds that the shorter " Indonesians " live in the plains, 

 the taller in the mountains, but he cannot say for certain 

 whether a mountain climate affects stature as many believe. 

 It is to be regretted that Kohlbrugge extends in this 

 instance the term Indonesian to the Kayans and Punans. 

 Taking our measurements I find that the Kenyahs and the 

 Muruts (av. 1.601 m., med. 1.590 m.) are the tallest groups, 

 then come the Iban (av. 1.590 m., med. 1.585 m.), the 

 Kayan and Punan medians come about half-way between 

 the tallest Klemantans (Long Pokun, med. 1.590 m.) and 

 the shortest (Lerong, med. 1.520 m.). The above figures 

 refer to men only, the women are markedly shorter. 



Kohlbrugge gives the following information with regard 

 to body measurements : the Kayan women are 14 cm. 

 shorter than the men, usually the difference is 10-12 cm. 

 The span is greater than the stature, the proportion is 

 105.2 : 100 in Kayans, 103.4 : 100 in Ulu Ayars and 

 106.5 • 100 in Punans and Tenggerese. In youths it is 

 rather higher than in men. The difference between 

 Tenggerese and Ulu Ayars is due to the latter having 

 shorter arms, especially the upper arms, and the chest of 

 the Bornean peoples is 2 cm. narrower. Other Indonesian 

 peoples have a longer upper arm than the Ulu Ayars, 

 who also have the tibia shorter in proportion to the femur. 

 Kayan and Ulu Ayar men have a comparatively shorter 

 femur than the Punan. The latter thus resemble the 

 Tenggerese, the others have the same relative length as 

 many other peoples of the Archipelago ; there is no 



