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green and red beads at each end of the division, opaque white, 

 blue and black mixed, opaque white, red, yellow, blue and 

 black mixed. The outermost row however is made up of rather 

 different beads with flat faces, pink, white and pale green in 

 colours, and they are not arranged in any definite order. The 

 brass wire loopings mark the junctions of all the divisions ex- 

 cept the junction between the blue, black and yellow divisions. 

 The arrangement and number of colours is said to vary with 

 every village, and the number of bead rows varies from five 

 to ten. From the band of Chinese cash depends a string loop 

 on which are strung some charms ; these are as follows : — 



1. An incisor of a. porcupine (bidiak). 



2. A canine of a wild cat. 



3. A claw of the scaly manis (oomb). 



4. A claw of the Brahminy kite (libau). 



5. A. ring of coconut shell (bora butan). 



6. Five small brass rattles of European make (boman). 



7. Three cast brass rattles (prosi). 



8. Two quartz crystals enclosed in brass wire lashings 



(penoah). 



9. Several differently coloured beads of Types 5 and 6 



(likick). 



The only information that I have about these charms is, 

 that if the quartz crystals are dipped in water and the water 

 allowed to drip from them on to a poisoned wound such as is 

 caused by a venomous snake, scorpion or centipede, the wound 

 becomes cold and the poison eventually will depart from it. 

 Doubtless each one of the charms has specific properties ; they 

 are always suspended from the necklet. Circumference of 

 necklet 69 cm., width 2*8 cm. 



From Krokong, Upper Sarawak. 



E. W. Byrde, Esq. [p. 8. ii. 04]. 



Catalogue No. 1402." (Plate II. fig. 4, c). 



Mr. E. W. Byrde, to whom I am indebted for most of the 

 information given above, has in his own collection a less elabor- 



Jour. Straits Branch 



