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Dyak men only amongst the Sarawak tribes. When the orna- 

 ments are discarded, as during a time of mourning , the perfora- 

 tions in the ear-cartilage are kept open with little plugs of 

 wood. The fashion is not nearly so widespread as it was some 

 year3 ago. The Dusuns of Mount Duiit [? — Dalit]* 

 according to Witti (quoted by Ling Eoth 1. c. vol. II. p. 71) 

 "have earrings which dangle one below another, all three of 

 brass wire coiled into a spiral. The lowermost is fixed into 

 the ear-lobe and is 2-J inches in diameter ; the two smaller 

 ones are fixed into the margin of the ear." This is the only 

 reference that I can find to this type of ornament amongst the 

 Dusuns and I have seen no specimens. The Muruts according 

 to St. John " wear many rings of lead up the rim of the ear," 

 and the Land-Dyaks of Sauh, Serambo and Singgi according 

 to Denison wear earrings of " wire twisted round in a coil and 

 hanging from the ear by single bend of the same," they are 

 known as shibu. 



1. Sea-Dyak — " grunjong." 



There are three varieties of the "grunjong": — A. " grun- 

 jong tampil " or " grunjong ikat ; " B. " grunjong buri ; " C. 

 " grunjong." The former are series of penannular rings, thirty 

 to forty or fifty in number, strung closely together on a double 

 thread ; only a few holes are bored in the ear to hold these 

 rings, in fact one hole at the top of the ear and one in the lobe 

 is quite enough, the intervening rings of the series merely 

 gripping the ear margin. The " grunjong buri " are separate 

 penannular brass wire rings on which are strung ground-down 

 cowry shells. From six to twenty can be worn on one ear ; since 

 the rings are not connected with each other, a separate hole in the 

 ear-margin has to D8 bored for each ring. The Ulu Ai and 

 Engkari Dyaks are said to be the only people who wear the 

 "grunjong buri." The "grunjong" pure and simple are 

 merely separate penannular rings of brass wire or tin worn 

 like the "grunjong buri." Figures of Sea-Dyaks wearing 

 " grunjong " are given by Ling ttoth I.e. vol. I. pp. 3, 5, 11. 



* This cannot be the Mt. Dulit in the Baram District. 



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