50 SARAWAK ETHNOGRAPHICAL COLLECTION. 



Length (in a straight line) 9*8 cm. : diam. 6-1 cm. X 4*8 cm. 

 [Pd 6. xi. 02.] 



Catalogue Xo. 1187, 



This is the only form of bell that I have met with in Borneo 

 with the exception of small metal rattles that are worn as 

 ornaments (trimmings to kirtles, buttons to necklets, etc.) 



Class IV. Drums. 



These are used by every tribe in Borneo ; they are played 

 with gongs at feasts and funerals. 



1. Land-Dyak (Bukar sub-tribe.) — Gehong. 



Single membrane drum made from one and a half joints 

 of a very large species of bamboo ; the intervening septum is 

 broken through ; one end is open, the other is closed by a dia- 

 phragm of monkey's skin (Macacus nemestrinus ), secured by 

 rattan in the manner shewn in fig. 1, Plate VII., the loops of 

 rattan however being connected by a transverse double twist of 

 rattan. Height 84 cm. ; diam. 12 cm. 



Catalogue No. 1294. [Pd. viij. 03]. 



From Lanchang, Upper Sadong. 



I noted in the rafters of the head-house (baluh) at Lan- 

 chang village, a very large drum known as sabang cut out from 

 a tree trunk, it was at least 5 feet high and 1 foot in diameter, 

 but I was unable to secure it for the Sarawak Museum as it was 

 used only at head-feasts and was regarded as " pemali" Similar 

 gigantic drums are used at Krokong, Upper Sarawak. 



2. Sea-Dyak — Gendang. (Plate III fig. 10, left hand specimen). 



Single membrane drum made of a hard black wood, rough- 

 y shaped like an hour-glass, hollow throughout, the cavity in 

 shape corresponding to the external form ; the lower end is open, 

 the upper is closed by a skin diaphragm secured by rattan lash- 

 ings and loops ; the method of lashing the diaphragm on to the 

 drum-head is slightly different from the usual method and is 



Jour. Straits Brai.ch 



