SARAWAK ETHNOGRAPHICAL COLLECTION. 3 



Ornaments worn in the hair and in a head-dress* 



I. Hairpins. 



II. Combs and Tiaras. 



III. Fillets and Head-bands. 



IV. Head-dress ornaments. 



I. Hairpins. 

 1. Murut — "pleng." 



These are flat pointed strips of deer's horn worn by men ; 

 Murut men wear their hair long but tie it at the back of the 

 head in a simple knot and the " pleng " is passed through the 

 knot to prevent it from becoming untied. Ling Roth (I.e. vol. 

 ii. p. 59) figures two Murut " pleng" in Dr. Hose's collection, 

 one of which is very like specimen e described below. 



i. Murut of Trusan district. 



a. 19-5 cm. long, 4-8 cm. broad at the top. A border of 

 simple geometrical design is fretted in the upper end ; one side 

 (the front) is fluted with seven shallow longitudinal grooves, on 

 the other side (the back) some rough geometrical and phyllo- 

 morphic designs are incised. 



From the Trusan River. |"Pd. 1. xii. 02]. 

 Catalogue No. 1198. (Plate I. fig. 1, a). 



b. 19 cm. long, 4*7 cm. broad at the top. A very narrow 

 border of simple design is fretted in the upper end ; the main 

 part of the ornament is occupied by a fretted phyllomorphic 

 design ; above and below this on both sides is incised a zone of 

 double-scroll pattern (arit blavit=mter\a,c\ng ) ; on the back 

 some confused incised lines are mixed up with the fret pattern. 



From the Trusan River [Pd. 1. xii. 02], 

 Catalogue No. 1199 (Plate I. fig. 1, b). 



c. 18-3 cm. long, 4-2 cm. broad at the top. The top of 

 the ornament is fretted ; a simple phyllomorphic pattern with 

 hatched background is incised on the front, a geometrical design 

 (arit blavit) bounding it above and below. 



From the Trusan River. [Pd. 25. iii. 04]. 

 Catalogue No. 1403. 



R. A, Soc., No. 43,1905. 



