40 SARAWAK ETHNOGRAPHICAL COLLECTION. 



diameter and variously coloured, they are arranged to form a 

 geometrical pattern in five divisions; each element of the pattern 

 is known as Katak (frog). 



From the Saribas River. Kalong [P. 10. xi. 92]. 



Catalogue No. 793. (Plate II. fig. 3, c). 



IV. Brass Wire Necklets. 



There are no specimens of such in the Sarawak Museum 

 Ling Roth (1. c. Vol. II. p. 76) quotes Spencer St. John " The 

 girls [MurutsJ twi^t about a couple of fathoms of brass wire in 

 circles round their neck, rising from the shoulders to the chin, 

 forming what appears a stiff collar with a very broad base 

 ", This refers to Muruts of the Limbang river head- 

 waters. The Dusuns of Toadilah and the Tinagas Dusuns 

 according to Hatton and Witti also wear brass wire necklets. 



Ornaments Ifrorn on the arms and legs- 



I. Armlets and leglets of plaited fibre, rattan, etc. 

 II. Armlets of wood. 



III. Armlets of ivory, of horn, of shell, of porcelain. 



IV. Armlets and leglets of rattan and brass annuli. 

 V. Armlets and leglets of brass wire. 



VI. Bracelets and anklets of brass, of copper and of silver. 



I. Armlets and Leglets of Plaited Fibre, Rattan, etc. 

 1. " unus." 



These are rings of finely plaited fibre worn by men in con- 

 siderable numbers on the arms below the elbow and on the legs 

 below the knee ; the fibre is collected from the base of the 

 sheathing leaves of the apeng palm (Arengu sp.) or of the ijok 

 palm ( Avenga snccharifera) and sometimes the sclerenchymatons 

 fibres in the stem <»f the common bracken \Pteris aquilina) are 

 employed. ■ As many as three hundred of these leglets may be 

 worn on one leg. The rings have a fixed value and at one time 



Jour, Straits Branch 



