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wound strips of very finely split rattan stained black ; on the 

 outside of one piece strips of finely split rattan, stained red, are 

 interwoven between the vertical black strips forming a pattern 

 of alternate wedges, on the outside of the other these inter- 

 woven strips are unstained. The necklet is fastened by a piece 

 of wood at the end of a string buttoned into a string loop. 



From Kiou, British N. Borneo. 



Drs. G. D. and H. A. Haviland coll. [P. v. 92]. 



Catalogue No. 773. 



Whitehead (1. c. Plate opposite p. 108. fig. XIII) figures a 

 somewhat similar specimen. 



Ling Roth (I.e. p. vol. II. p. 73.) figures a Sea-Dyak neck- 

 lace of sections of reed strung on European thread, the ends 

 joined by two loops of lead wire ; the necklace is in the collec- 

 tion of Rev. F. W. Leggatt. Necklets of p'aited vegetable fibre, 

 like the armlets and leglets of the same material (vide infra) 

 do not seem to be worn by any tribe. 



Kalabit youths when visiting a strange country wear a 

 necklet of seeds as a charm against sickness and evil spirits. 



II. Teeth Necklets. 



These are worn only by Land-Dyak men, at festivals and 

 formerly when on the war-path or when visiting strange districts. 

 The most valued specimens are composed entirely of the 

 canines of Felis nebulosa strung on rattan. They are worth about 

 or over $50 ; more commonly the canines of the honey-bear 

 L^rsiis malayanus are employed with some small pig's tusks 

 intermixed, but even these are very expensive. The Sarawak 

 Museum specimen a, described below, is the only one of its kind 

 known to me. The necklets are known as' bobot and are worn 

 with the points of the teeth directed upwards (cf. Beccari, 

 Nelle Foreste in Borneo, Figs. 24 and 27). 



1 .Land-Dyak— "bobot." 



a. Forty silver imitation teeth and six canine teeth of a 

 small carnivore (? Felis bengalensis) strung on a double rattan 

 thread ; the silver " teeth" are hollow and filled with dammar, 



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



