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Catalogue No. 563. Brooke Low collection. Prom the 

 Kanowit River. 



This instrument could be laid on its back and whilst the 

 handle was grasped with one hand, the strings could be strum- 

 med with the fingers of the other, but I have no information as 

 to how the Kanowits actually perform on the harp. 



3. Long Kiput* — Pagan g or Kantom (Plate III, fig. 7, middle 



specimen). 



The bamboo projects 9 cm. beyond the septa and is there 

 shaved down so as to be quite thin ; on these shaved down 

 portions are carved bands of simple design, such as rows of 

 triangles, rows of dots, rows of oblique bars, the background 

 is whitened with chalk or else the pattern itself is chalked and the 

 background is blackened with indigo or soot. The septa are 

 not perforated. There are six strings arranged in groups of three, 

 one on each side of a middle line. A rattan plait encircles the 

 harp at the level of attachment of the strings to prevent them 

 splitting off. Down the front of the instrument run two short 

 longitudinal slits, end to end ; at the upper end of one slit and 

 at the lower end of the other- are three incised circles, 

 between the two a group of five incised circles ; the cuticle of 

 the bamboo immediately bordering the slits is stripped off and 

 on these areas is carved in relief in one case a chevron pattern 

 in the other a dog's tooth pattern, the background is black and 

 the relief chalked. Total length 77*5 cm. ; diameter, 9*1 cm. 



Catalogue No. 1069. R, S. Douglas Esq. [P. v. 0(3.] From 

 the Baram River. 



A Long Kiput harp is figured in Ling Roth's work (I.e. Vol. 

 II, p. 262); it is from Dr. C. Hose's collection and is called a Satong. 



4. Land-Dvak (Menggrat sub-tribe) — Ton-Ton. (Plate VI 



fig. 14). 



a. Made from a joint of bamboo ; the bamboo is not cut 

 fiush with its septa, but at either end projects considerably ; one 

 septum is broken through. Three strings or rather three broad 



* This tribe is placed by Dr. A. C. Haddon, (I.e.) in his group of 

 Kalaraantans. 



R. A. Soc.No, 40,1904 



