46 SARAWAK ETHNOGRAPHICAL COLLECTION. 



Brooke Low collection. 



Catalogue No. 142 b. 



Both the above specimens are figured by Ling Roth (1. c. 

 Vol. II. p. 74). 



The scarlet saga (Adenanthera pavonitia) seeds frequently 

 replace the ground cowries of the specimens described above. 



Somewhat similar shell armlets known as rangke are worn 

 by Sea-Dyak women, on hi^h-days and holidays but they are 

 smaller and less carefully finished, eight to twelve are worn on 

 each arm. Ling Roth (1. c. Vol. I. p. 20). Figures a Sea-Dyak 

 (wrongly labelled Kanowit) girl wearing these ornaments. 



The Land-Dyak women of the Upper Sadong and Upper 

 Sarawak (left-hand branch) rivers wear shell armlets, (rapak) 

 alternating with coils of brass wire; the fashionable number is 

 four to each arm, one round the biceps, one just above the 

 elbow, one round the middle of the fore-arm and one round the 

 wrist ; these armlets are purchased from Chinese traders for 

 about $5 apiece, they are always quite plain and about 4 cm. 

 in depth ; armlets of porcelain are sometimes substituted for the 

 shell armlets, a specimen in the Canterbury Museum is figured 

 by Ling Roth (1. c.Vol. II. p. 74) 



Quite a recent importation are the series of slender rings of 

 celluloid worn on the fore-arm by Sea-Dyak men ; the armlets 

 are made in Europe and cost about $10 a set; the rings are 

 threaded together by string. Similar armlets but made of ivory 

 are w 7 orn by Kenyan women. 



IV. Armlets and Leglets of Rattan and Brass Annuli. 



These ornaments, known as " engkrimu " are worn by Sea- 

 Dyak men only and according to Brooke Low chiefly by the 

 Sakarang and Lamanak sub-tribes. 



1. Sea-Dyak — " engkrimu." 



a. A set of leglets worn by men ; the set consists of four 

 series of graduated rings of split rattan strands on to which are 

 threaded numerous small brass annuli ; one series consists of 



Jour, Straits Branch 



