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were employed as currency. All the tribes of Borneo seem to 

 affect these simple ornaments (cf. Ling Roth I. c. Vol. I. pp. 5, 

 11, 14, 15, 23), and they ire found in many other parts of the 

 world also e. g. in the Shan States, in the Torres Straits etc. * 



i. Sea-Dyak. 



a. Forty-six rings of plaited palm fibre, about 7 cm. in 

 diameter. 



From the Lainanak River. 

 Brooke Low collection. 

 Catalogue No. 611. 



ii. Sihan. 



b Two hundred and four rings of plaited palm fibre, in 

 two bundles, about 11 cm. in diameter. 

 Brooke Low collection. 

 Catalogue No. 141. 



2. Sea-Dyak — •" tenklai lengan." 



a. Bracelet of two loosely plaited lengths of a jungle 

 creeper known as akar ensnnat ; worn by boys. 



Diameter 7 cm. 



Brooke Low collection. Figured by Ling Roth (1. c. Vol. 

 II. p. 75). 



Catalogue No. 138. 



b. Bracelet, worn by boys, made from a stout piece of split 

 rattan, one end is produced to form a long narrow strip which 

 is passed through a hole in the other end and wound tightly 

 round so as to bring the two ends together and overlapping. 



Diam. 7*5 cm. 



Brooke Low collection. 



Catalogue No. 136 a. 



c. Similar specimen, but the outside of, the bracelet is 

 decorated with a rough pattern burnt on it with a red-hot wire. 



* The Kyaus say that they feel quite naked if they do not wear / 

 units. 



B. A, Soc, No, 43, 1905. 



