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3. Land-Dyak — u sladan." 



a. Corset worn by unmarried girls and widows : it is a cy- 

 linder of bark, slightly elliptical, covered on the outside with 

 close-set vertical strips of triangular brass wire {ikon rashun), 

 their ends bent over to clip the upper and lower edges uf the 

 bark cylinder. The brass strips that cover the part cf the corset 

 which is worn in front are narrower than those at the back. 



Height 22 cm.; diam. 23*4 X cm. 21*6 cm. 

 From Krokong, Upper Sarawak. E. W. Byrde Esq. [P. 8. ii. 

 04J. 



Catalogue No. 1401. (Plate VI. fig. 13, c). 



These corsets are worn by the Land-Dyaks of the right-hand 

 branch of the Lpper Sarawak river,* not by those of the left- 

 hand branch or of the Upper Sadong. As can well be imagined 

 the corsets are most uncomfortable to wear and veiy difficult 

 to put on and to remove ; the removal of the corset is indeed 

 a most painful process, the subject hangs by her bands from a 

 beam whilst a friend gradually works the corset off inch by 

 inch; a liberal application of oil is generally needed but even 

 with this aid it may be some hours before the martyr to fashion 

 is relieved of her brass bound casing. 



Buttons and Buckles. 

 I. Buttons. 



1. Malay (Brunei) — k> ka'bumban." 



a. Nineteen silver-gilt buttons; the buttons which are 

 hollow are made in two halves, the lower half is provided with 

 a loop, the upper half is decorated with a conventional pattern 

 in repousse. 



[Pd. 21. v. 04]. 



Catalogue No. 1417. (Plate VIII. fig. 10). 



*Krokong, Singgi, Sauh, Serambu, Bombok, Peninjau etc., it is 

 also worn by the Jagoi on the Dutch border. 



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



