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possibly a dragon (udoh asu), the common Kvan design. (Plate 

 VIII. fig. 13. a, b). 



Diam. 8*5 cm. ; depth 1*5 cm. 



Brooke Low collection. 



Catalogue No. 602. (Plate V. fig. 10, c). 



b. Ivory armlet worn by a chief ; quite plain and unorna- 

 mented. 



Diam. 9 cm. ; depth 1*5 cm. 

 Brooke Low collection. 

 Catalogue No. 140. 



2. Kyan — " takieng," armlet made from the casque of the 



hornbill, Rhinoplax vigil. 



a. A long narrow strip has been cut from the hornbill's 

 casque, bent into a ring and the ends joined most skilfully, the 

 outside is bevelled. The armlet is of beautiful rose and amber 

 colours and is semi-translucent ; I have no information as to the 

 exact way in which the rather intractable material is worked 

 into its present shape. 



Diam. 7*6 cm. ; depth 1*1 cm. 



[Pd], 



Catalogue No. 1018. 



3. Sea-Dyak — '"tuchong simpai," shell armlets. 



' a. Armlet formed by grinding down so as to form a broad 

 ring a large cone-shell (Conus guratensis) known as kima ; the 

 space between the outer wall of the shell and the first turn of 

 the spiral is filled up with dammar in which are embedded small 

 ground-down cowries ; the outside is fluted with shallow 

 grooves. Worn above the elbow by men. 



Diam. 11-1 cm.; depth 6 cm. 



Brooke Low collection. 



Catalogue No. 142 a. (Plate V. fig. 11, a ). 



b. Similar but smaller. 

 Diam. 10 cm. ; depth 5 cm. 



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



