Plate 130. OLD BEADS WORN BY KAYANS 



A. LUKUT Sekala. — Value formerly one healthy adult male slave ; 



present value, from £10 to ^15. 



B. Labang Pagang. — Value 5s. to 15s. Used chiefly at marriage 



ceremony. Kayan value in brassvvare, one gong. 



C. JEKOKOK. — Value 15s. to 25s. ; or in brassware, a small tawak. 



D. Kelam Wit. — Value 15s. to 30s.; or in brassware, a tawak 



which measures from the base of the boss to the outer edge 

 a span between the first finger and the thumb. Also much 

 used in marriage ceremony. 



E. Kelam Buang. — Value about 15s.; much sought after and worn 



on a girdle by Kayan girls. The bear bead. 



F. Kelam Buang Butit Telawa. — The name means the bear 



bead with spider's belly. Value about 15 s. 



G. Kaja Obing. — Value 15 s. to 25 s. 



H. Kelam Song. — Value from £4 to £6 ; or one adult female slave. 



I. Kelam. — Kenyah. Value about 15s. 



J. LUKUT. — Kenyah. Value about los., or a gong ; value about 

 ten to fifteen ingans of padi, or about 7 bushels. 



K. LUKUT MURIK. — A bead used by the Murik tribe. Value 

 about I OS. 



L. I NO Kalabit. — A Kalabit necklace. Value about ^5 ; or an 

 adult bufifalo. 



M. A single blue bead from the necklace " L." 



The yellow beads in the necklace are known as Labang, and the 

 blue ones as BUNAU. The beads in the necklace are all very old ones. 

 The beads A to H are chiefly, though not exclusively, found among 

 Kayans ; I and J among Kenyahs ; K among Muriks (Klemantans) ; 

 and the necklace L among Kalabits (Murut). 



