MATERIAL CONDITIONS 



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in each shell, the big upper canine tooth of the 

 tiger-cat ; but he is not entitled to wear these 

 until he has been on 

 the warpath. Those 

 who have taken a 

 head or otherwise 

 distinguished them- 

 selves in war may- 

 wear, instead of the 

 teeth, pieces of simi- 

 lar shape carved from 

 the solid beak of the 

 helmeted hornbill. 

 The youths who 

 have not qualified 

 themselves for these 

 adornments, and 

 warriors during 

 mourning, usually 

 wear a disc of wood 

 orwax in their places 

 (Pis. 19 and 2i)r1 



The lobe ofdhe 

 ear is perforated and 

 distended to a loop 

 some two inches in 

 length, in which a 

 brass ring is worn. 

 Just above this loop 

 a small hole through 

 the shell is usually 

 made, and from this 

 a small skein of beads 

 depends. Similar ear 

 ornaments are worn 



by Kenyahs and some of the Klemantans, but not 

 by Muruts, and by few individuals only among 

 Punans and Sea Dayaks. Many of the latter wear 



Fig. 2. 



