266 PAGAN TRIBES OF BORNEO chap. 



so that it is impossible to tell for certain whether the design 

 was tatued in outline only or whether the outline was filled 

 in uniformly ; our impression is that the outline only was 

 tatued on this individual, and that it was employed either 

 as an experiment or from idle amusement. Zoomorphs are 

 conspicuous by their absence from all forms of decorative 

 art amongst the Lawas Muruts, and the particular zoomorph 

 noted here gives every evidence of an unpractised hand. 



St. John states [7, p. 92] that the Muruts of the Adang 

 river, a tributary of the Limbang, are tatued about the 

 arms and legs, but he gives no details. 



{d) Kalabit. — This tribe, dwelling in the watershed of the 

 Limbang and Baram rivers, is closely akin to Muruts, 

 but its tatu is very different. The men tatu but rarely, 

 and then with stripes down the arms. The women, how- 

 ever, are decorated with most striking geometrical designs, 

 shown on PI. 142, Figs. 1-4. On the forearm are tatued 

 eight bold zigzag bands, one-eighth of an inch broad, which 

 do not completely encircle the arm, but stop short of join- 

 ing at points on the ulnar side of the middle line on the 

 flexor surface. The series of lines is known as betik tisu^ 

 the hand pattern. In some cases two short transverse lines, 

 called tipalang, cross -lines, spring from the most distal 

 zigzag at the point where it touches the back of the wrist 

 on the radial side ; in other cases these lines are tatued 

 across the middle of the back of the wrist and two lozenges 

 are tatued on the metacarpals ; these are known as teparat 

 (PI. 142, Fig. i). The legs are tatued on the back of 

 the thigh, on the shin, and sometimes on the knee-cap. 

 The designs can best be explained by a reference to PL 

 142, Figs. 2-4 ; the part of the design marked A is termed 

 betik buah, fruit pattern ; B, betik lawa, trunk pattern ; and 

 C, betik Mud, shin pattern. In Fig. 4, A and C are as 

 before ; D is betik karawin ; E, ujat batu, hill-tops ; F, 

 betik kalang (Fig. 3). 



Kalabit women are tatued when they are sixteen years 

 old, whether they are married or unmarried, and the 

 operation does not extend over a number of years as with 

 the Long Glat and Kayans, nor is any elaborate ceremonial 

 connected with the process. 



{e) Long Utan, — An extinct Klemantan tribe, once dwell- 

 ing on the Tinjar river, an affluent of the Baram. We owe 

 our knowledge of their tatu to an aged Klemantan, who was 

 well acquainted with the tribe before their disappearance ; 



