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ii. Tanjong 1 , 



e. " ariek lasong," a pair of large and heavy brass ear- 

 rings, each is a cylindrical length of brass twisted up into one 

 coil of a spiral. 



Diameter of one ring 6*3 cm. ; of another 6-1 cm. ; thick- 

 ness of brass 1*5 cm.; weight 8-J oz. 



Brooke Low collection. 



Catalogue No. 118. (Plate II. fig. 5, a). 



/. " ariek semera, " one pair of tin earrings similar to the 

 preceding but made of tin. 



Diameter of earring 4*3 cm.; thickness of tin 1*5 cm.; 

 weight 5J oz. 



Brooke Low collection. 



Catalogue No. 108. (Plate II. fig. 5, d). 



2. Kyan — earrings (worn by men). 



a. A pair of large but comparatively light earrings ; each 

 is in the form of a penannular ring of tin, circular in section. 

 Diameter of earring 9-6 cm. ; thickness of tin 0*8 cm. 



Brooke Low collection. From the Long Gilat of the 

 Mahakkam River. 



Catalogue No. 115. (Plate II. fig. 5, c). 



These large light earrings constitute a different type to 

 the heavier twisted earrings described under heading 1. A 

 very similar form is worn by the Milikin, a somewhat anomal- 

 ous tribe living on the Gedong River, a tributary of the Sadong. 



Ling-Roth (1. c. vol. II. p. 67) figures two ears, one with 

 one earring like that described above suspended in the elongated 

 ear-lobe, the other with two such earrings and an ear-peg ; the 

 legend under the figure is " Ears of Natives [? Dusuns] At 

 Gunong Tabor or Panti River (E.Borneo) (After Mr. F. S. 

 Marryat)." These are certainly not the ears of Dusuns, who 

 do not wear ear-pegs or extend the ear-lobes, but of some 

 Kyan or allied tribe. The Panti River it may be noted is not 

 in a Dusun district. 



On pp. 31 and 32 of vol. I. of his book on Borneo natives 

 Ling Roth also figures after Lieut. F. S. Marryat some Saghais 

 from S. E. Borneo with pendulous ear lobes in which hang 



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