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d. A long slender instrument ; proximal end slightly 

 obliquely truncate and closed by a disc of wood grooved as in 

 the preceding specimens. Sound-hole quadrangular, cut close 

 to the proximal end. Three stops about 4 centim. apart, 

 the uppermost 38 centim. from the sound-hole. The instrument 

 is elaborately carved ; the distal third is ornamented with bands 

 of phyllomorphic patterns in low relief, the background being 

 stained red with dragon's blood ; pro xi mad of this is a zone 10 

 centim. broad of five bands of phyllomorphic patterns in low 

 relief, the background composed of hatched incised lines (very 

 unusual in Sea-Dyak carving) ; proximad again of this zone is a 

 zone 12 centim. broad of bands of phyllomorphic patterns which 

 have just been sketched out with the point of a knife and never 

 completed. Lengths 54 cm.; diam. 2 cm. 



Catalogue No. 556. Brooke Low collection. 



e. Somewhat similar to the preceding specimen, but much 

 smaller. Proximal end very obliquely truncated, the opening 

 filled by a plug of wood which has been grooved to form the 

 directive duct ; distal end cut square, the wall of the flageolet 

 projects beyond the node but the septum has been broken 

 through. Sound-hole large ; there are eight stops, seven 

 on the same side as the sound-hole, one is on the opposite side, 

 they are about 1-5 centim. apart, uppermost 17 centim. from 

 sound-hole. Five bands of tin encircle the instrument in the 

 interspaces between stops 2 to 7 ; the rest of the instrument 

 is covered with phyllomorphic patterns carved in low relief, the 

 background being stained red with dragon's blood. Length 32 

 centim.; diam. 1*6 centim. 



Catalogue No. 1044. Presented to the Museum by a Sea- 

 Dyak boy at the S. P. Gr. Mission School. 



It is more than likely that this specimen is copied from a 

 European model ; the number of stops and the very oblique 

 truncation of the proximal end are most unusual ; still No. 556 

 is more or less intermediate between this school-boy's specimen 

 and such a one as No. 63, so that I have thought it worth 

 while to include a notice of it. 



R. A Soc, No, 40, 1904 



