SARAWAK ETHNOGRAPHICAL COLLECTION, 23 



1. Dusun — Turali. 



Made from a long joint of bamboo, the distal end is open 

 and cut square, the proximal end is closed by the natural septum 

 and the surrounding leaf -scars have been shaved off. The flute 

 has been stained black with indigo. An irregular hole in the 

 septum. There are four open stops, one on the underside for 

 the thumb 34 cm. distant from the proximal end, three on the 

 opposite side 5*5 cm. apart, bored in a flattened strip formed by 

 removing the cuticle of the bamboo. 



Length 70 cm. ; diam. 22 cm. Catalogue No. 776. 



2. Kanowit — Sangoi (Plate III, fig. 8, right hand specimen). 



Of large size, the proximal end closed by the natural septum 

 of the bamboo which is perforated with a single irregular orifice. 

 There are four open stops, one on the underside for the thumb 

 of the right hand, distant 55 2 centim. from the proximal end 

 of the flute, and three on the upperside, 4-45 centim. apart 

 for the first or second fingers of the right hand and the first and 

 second or second and third of the left hand. 



The flute has been stained red with dragon's blood. At a 

 distance of 12 centim. and extending to a distance of 51 centim. 

 from the proximal end is a design made up of four black hands 

 spirally twisting round the instrument, this is followed by two 

 circular black bands and six dog's-tooth pattern bands, which are 

 succeeded by a repetition of the spiral design 72*8 centim. dis- 

 tant from the proximal end and 21*5 centim. in length ; there is a 

 terminal dog's-tooth design, beyond which the bamboo is fretted, 

 eight diamond-shaped apertures being formed, the rim of the 

 bamboo is notched, between the notched rim and the frets is a 

 very rough dog's-tooth pattern. These patterns are painted on 

 the bamboo with indigo though in parts it is partly in low relief 

 as if the artist had first sketched out the patterns with a knife. 

 A small tassel of variously coloured beads depends from the 

 distal end of the flute. 



Total length 1073 cm.; diam. 3 cm. 



Catalogue No. 60. Brooke Low collection. 



Ling-Roth (I. c. p. 258) figures a Kenyan nose-flute (Silingut) 

 in the collection of Dr. C. Hose. 



R. A. Soc. Nt>. 40, 1904 



