SARAWAK ETHNOGRAPHICAL COLLECTION. 55 



Diam. 1*7 cm. ; breadth - 3 cm. Brooke Low collection. 

 Catalogue No. 148 g. (Plate VII. fig. 4). 



v. A broad penannular band of brass, the borders deeply 

 notched, the outside decorated with grooves, lines of punch- 

 marks and series of incised lines. 



Diam. 2 cm. ; breadth 3*2 cm. Brooke Low collection. 



Catalogue No. 143 h. (Plate VII. tig. 6). 



Ornaments worn round the body* 



I. Rattan girdles. 

 II. Bead girdles. 

 III. Chain girdles. 

 IV. Brass girdles. 

 V. Corsets. 



I. Rattan Girdles. 



1. Dusun — "lindanau." 



a. Coils of split rattan dyed red and black worn by 

 women round the waist and round the chest, the latter to keep 

 in position the tabat, a strip of cloth worn by unmarried girls to 

 cover the breasts. 



From Kiou, Mt. Kina Balu. 



Drs G. D. and H. A. Haviland [P. v. 92]. 



Catalogue No. 772. 



2. Land-Dyak — "sembed." 



a. A coil of split rattan stained red, worn round the waist 

 by women ; the coil is prevented from unwinding by being 

 passed several times through one or two brass rings. 



From Tabekang, Upper Sadong River. 



[Pd. viii. 03]. 



Catalogue No. 1309. 



Similar rattan coils (tina) are worn by Sea-Dyak and 

 Murut women. 



K. A. Soc, No. 43, 1905. 



