FACE-PAINTING 313 



Dayak and Malay women wear their best garments, the 

 faces of the women and the little girls are painted. 



My expedition of three weeks had proved successful 

 mainly on account of the unexpectedly well-preserved 

 knowledge of decorative designs which I encountered 

 among the Bukits. Otherwise they are slowly but surely 

 yielding to the Malay influence to which they have been 

 exposed for hundreds of years. Only the comparative 

 inaccessibility of the country has prevented their com- 

 plete absorption. 



