SARAWAK ETHNOGRAPHICAL COLLECTION. 5 



these have been let two discs of looking-glass ; a lump of dam- 

 mar at the back secures a tuft of goat's hair ; two small discs of 

 tin-foil are let into the ornament at the back near the apex, and 

 the back is further decorated with a roughly incised phyllomor- 

 phic design. 



From the Upper Padas. British N. Borneo. 



Sir P. F. Cunynghame, Bart. [P. 22. viij. 92]. 



Catalogue No. 748. (Plate I. fig. 1, e). 



2. Murut — hairpins. 



These are boar's tusks, worn by men in the same way as 

 the " pleng. " 



a. A boar's tusk scraped and ground smooth and white ; 

 into the pulp-cavity a tuft of human hair is thrust and secured by 

 dammar. An incised double-scroll design (arit hlavit) runs 

 round the base of the tusk. 20*5 cm. measured along the 

 outside curve. 



From the Trusan River. 0. F. Ricketts, Esq, [P. xi, 88 J. 

 Catalogue No. 746. (Plate I. fig. 1, /). 



b. A boar's tusk scraped and ground smooth and white : 

 in the pulp-cavity is fixed a plug of wood shaped like the basal 

 portion of a tusk and prolonging the curve of the tusk to which 

 it is fitted ; a piece of looking glass is fixed with dammar on to 

 the end of the wooden plug and a rattan plait round the basal 

 portion of the tusk proper prevents the pulp-cavity from 

 splitting open. One side of the tusk is decorated with two 

 incised phyllomorphic designs, the background of the designs, 

 as is usual in Murut fictile art, being filled in with punctures 

 and hatching. 28*2 cm. measured along the outside curve. 



From the Trusan River. [Pd. ix. 02]. 

 Catalogue No. 1 167. (Plate I. fig. 1, g). 



3. Murut (?) — brass hairpins. 



a. A flat curved strip of brass, shaped like a narrow knife- 

 blade, one end is pointed, the other is broken ; the concave 

 border, corresponding to the back of the knife-blade, is per- 

 forated throughout about two-thirds of its length with a series 

 of small holes. 



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



