v] WEAPONS OF THE LAND DYAKS 



dan," which is worn tight round the abdomen in a way which seems 

 uncomfortable enough. In other villages this is replaced by a belt 

 formed of several hoops of rotang. They usually go bare-headed, 

 but on certain festive occasions they wear a cap and a long skirt, and 

 put round their necks all they possess in the way of necklaces, 

 formed of most heterogeneous materials, to which are hung various 

 amulets and charms. 



The weapons of the Land-Dyaks are the plain spear and the 

 parang, which is very like the Malay sword termed " parang 

 battok." The blade is about twenty inches in length, widest near 

 the extremity and gradually narrowing towards the hilt, which is 

 bent at an obtuse angle to the blade. In the Malay weapon the hilt 

 is of wood, in the Dyak parang it is of iron, continuous with the 

 blade and usually provided with a small bar placed crosswise which 

 serves as a guard, and terminated with a tuft of hair. The Land- 

 Dyaks do not use the sumpitan. 



Another article invariably carried by these Dyaks is a small bag 

 of woven rotang strips, in which they keep the siri ingredients 

 and fire-lighting apparatus, as well as a small knife for cutting the 

 areca nuts, and splitting rotangs, of which they make much use. 



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