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[Pd. x. 04]. 



Catalogue No. 1461. 



Carl Bock (1. c. PI. 16) figures a Punan women of the 

 Kotei River wearing a pair of wooden ear-plugs very like the 

 Tanjong specimens. 



4. Brunei Malay and Kadyan — " subang." 



i. Malay. 



a. A pair of ear-plugs worn by women. Each is a cylin- 

 drical piece of soft wood expanded at one end to form an 

 eight-pointed star in the centre of which several bits of glass 

 are set ; the whole is covered with gold paper. 



Height 4*5 cm. ; diam. 2 cm. 



Mr. Steffen [P. 1892]. 



Catalogue No. 791. "(Plate IV. fig. 9, d). 



A somewhat similar pair of ornaments, but made of silver 

 washed with gold is figured by Ling Roth (1. c. vol. II. p. 69) ; 

 they are worn by Milanos. Upper-class Brunei women wear 

 silver or even gold subang, but the lower-class women are some- 

 times content with a European cotton-reel with one end cut off 

 and not ornamented in any way. 



ii. Kadyan. 



b. A pair of ebony ear-plugs worn by women formerly ; 

 almost cylindrical with expanded top ; the top and bottom are 

 carved with a geometrical pattern into which pieces of tinsel were 

 let, but most of these have fallen out ; the sides are decorated 

 with an incised wedge pattern. 



Height 2-1 cm. ; diam. at top 2*2 cm. at bottom 1-6 cm. 

 A. B. Ward, Esq. [P. 30. iv. 04]. 

 Catalogue No. 1415. (Plate VIII. fig. 3), 



c. A pair of ebony ear-plugs very similar to the above, but 

 smaller in diameter, and the decorative patterns different ; the 

 interstices of the patterns have been filled in with lime so that 

 the black pattern stands out in relief against a white background. 



Height 2 cm. ; diam. at top 2 cm. at bottom 1*3 cm. 

 A. B. Ward, Esq. [P. 30. iv. 04]. 

 Catalogue No. 1416. (Plate VIII. fig. 2). 



R. A. §00., No. 43, 1905. 



