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(rotan sega) at one end is looped over the part of the stem which 

 projects beyond the resonator and passes from this point of 

 attachment to the lower part of the head of the stem which 

 is deeply grooved longitudinally ; the string runs along the 

 groove and out through a hole at the side and is then wound 

 round the head (Plate ^sL tig. 2); a notch on each side of the - V// 

 groove is evidently intended for the reception of a cross-bridge. 

 There is no bridge for the string opposite the resonator. A 

 bracing string of grass is present. The bow is of bamboo with 

 a grass string. Total length of fiddle 68 cm.; diameter of reson- 

 ator 9-5 cm. 



Catalogue No. 55. Brooke Low Collection. 



b. Stem straight of a hard dark wood, transfixing reso- 

 nator and projecting considerably beyond. The head is not 

 expanded; the front of the stem has a deep longitudinal groove 

 for the greater part of its length ; there are some shallow 

 transverse grooves and incised lines distad and proximad of 

 the longitudinal groove by way of decoration. The resonator is 

 half a gourd, closed by a diaphragm of wood luted on with 

 dammar, the bottom is perforated. The rattan string at one 

 end is looped round the part of the stem that projects beyond 

 the resonator, at the other it is wound round a slip of wood 

 driven transversely through the stem (Plate VII, fig. 3) there are 

 notches on each side of the groove for the reception of a cross- 

 bridge. Two bracing strings of grass. Bow of bamboo; with 

 grass string'. Total length 60.5 cm., diam. of resonator 11.5 

 cm. 



Catalogue No. 56. Brooke Low collection. This specimen 

 has been figured by Ling Roth (1. c. Vol. II, p. 260). 



c. (1st specimen on right). Stem straight, hemispherical in 

 section, of a brown soft wood, transfixing resonator and project- 

 ing considerably beyond it, the head of the stem is enlarged 

 flattened and bent forward at an angle to the stem, each side is 

 carved in low relief with a phyllomorphic pattern and painted 

 in three colours, red, yellow, and green. The reson tor is half 

 a cocoa-nut shell closed by a diaphragm of wood luted on 

 with dammar ; one of the ''eyes" of the cocoa-nut has been 

 bored forming an orifice at the bottom of the resonator. The 



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