PART I. 



Musical Instruments. 



By R. Shelfoed. m. a., p. l.s., etc. 

 Curator of the Sarawak Museum. 



The musical instruments of the Bornean tribes fall naturally 

 into four main groups : — 



1. Stringed instruments. 



2. Wind instruments. 



3. Jews harps. 



4. Instruments of percussion. 



They are described in this order. Each group can be sub- 

 divided into classes and under the class-headings are described 

 the different 'species' frequently represented by more than one 

 specimen. In addition to describing each specimen fully, I 

 have quoted its number in the Museum catalogue and have 

 recorded how and when it came into the possession of the 

 museum; all measurements are given in centimetres. It will be 

 seen that the Museum is indebted to many friends for valuable 

 specimens; as it would be tedious to detail here all their names, 

 I must express my thanks to them as a collective body; the 

 names of Mr. D. J. S. Bailey, of the Sarawak service and Mr. 

 E. W. Byrde, of the Borneo Co., cannot however pass without 

 special notice, as to these two gentlemen I am indebted not 

 only for many interesting and opportune specimens but also 

 for much valuable information concerning them. My friend 

 Mr. H. Balfour, curator of the Pitts-Rivers Museum, Oxford, has 

 given me much useful advice and help, and his papers on musical 

 instruments have served as models which I fear that never- 

 theless I have but imperfectly copied. 



R A Soc , Xo. 40, 1904. 



