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separately from that of the Kenyah-Klemantan tribes 

 whose tatu is much more original in design. 



The men of such Kenyah tribes as the Lepu Jalan, 

 Lepu Tau, Lepu Apong, etc., if tatued at all, are tatued 

 in the Kayan manner, that is, with some form of dog design 

 on the forearms and thighs, and with rosettes or stars on the 

 shoulders and breasts. The dog design is usually known 

 as usang orange the prawn pattern ; the teeth of the dog 

 are held to represent the notched border of the prominent 

 rostrum characteristic of the prawns of the genus Palceman^ 

 that occur so plentifully in the fresh -water streams of 

 Borneo. An extreme modification of the dog design to 

 form a prawn is shown in PI. 137, Fig. 9; PI. 136, Fig. 4, 

 is a dog design, and is so termed. PL 136, Fig. 10, is 

 known as toyu, a crab ; A is the mouth, ba ; B the claw, 

 katip ; C the back, likut ; D the tail, zkong. PI. 136, Fig. 9, 

 is termed Izpan katip^ jaws of the centipede. All these 

 are tatued on the flexor surface of the forearm or on 

 the outside of the thigh.^ An example of a star design 

 termed usong dian^ durian pattern, is shown in PI. 141, 

 Fig. 7. The women of these tribes tatu in the same way, 

 and employ the same designs as the Kayans, except that 

 they never tatu on the thighs. Amongst the Baram 

 Kenyahs there appears to be very little ceremonial con- 

 nected with the process of tatuing. 



iii. Kenyah-Klemantan'^ Tatu. 



Amongst this rather heterogeneous assemblage of tribes 

 considerable diversity of tatu design is found. The men 

 are seldom tatued, but when they are it is in the Kayan 

 manner. The Peng or Pnihing of the Koti basin have an 

 elaborate system of male tatu, but it seems to be dying out ; 

 the only examples that we have met are shown on PI. 141, 

 Figs. 2 and 3. These represent the arms of Peng men; 

 unfortunately we have no information as to the significance 

 of the designs. The only other Peng design that we are 

 acquainted with is a large disc tatued on the calf of the leg. 

 Dr. Nieuwenhuis states that Peng women are tatued with 

 isolated dog designs on the arms and legs like the men of 

 Kayan tribes [9, p. 461]. 



^ For other examples of modified asii designs employed by Kenyah tribes, 

 see E, B. Haddon (4, pp. 117, 118), 



'^ By this name we denote those Kenyah tribes which stand nearest to the 

 Klemantans and furthest from the Kayans in respect of customs. Cf. 

 Chap. XXI. 



