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ornament of an Indian woman, or again it may have formed 
part of the fringe of a Chinese lady’s handkerchief. 
On the whole, we think these gold relics point to Indian 
workmanship but the material is not sufficient to justify any 
positive statement. . 
Fairly large quantities of gold treasure of this type has 
been found on the left hand branch of the Sarawak River 
below Pengkalan ampat and a number of fancy beads have 
been taken at Bidi. It is quite certain that gold has been 
worked in Sarawak by Chinese for many centuries, but the 
Pengkalan ampat and Santubong relics certainly do not possess 
a typically Chinese facies. The Santubong ornaments may 
have been made from gold taken on the island itself as in the 
north not far from Tanjong Sipang workable gold has been 
found. 
It is rather remarkable that silver treasure is represented 
only by one or two bangles and beads and a very few silver 
rings such as are worn on the toes by Indian women. The 
great scarcity of silver work rather suggests that jewellery in 
general was not imported to Santubong and that therefore all 
trinkets such as are found—the gold articles above mentioned 
—are locally made. 
BEADS. 
There is a great variety in the beads found at Santubong. 
On the whole they are of a plain type and specimens of the 
handsome many coloured beads such as are treasured so highly 
by other Bornean natives (Kayans, Kenyahs and Milanos) 
have only occasionally been taken here. A fair number of 
beads are made of natural stone (Cornelian Agate, Red Jasper 
and Quartz) which the makers may have procured from the 
conglomerate on the left hand branch of the Sarawak River. 
Such beads are spherical or elongated and facetted. A com- 
mon shape is that which we describedin our account of the 
gold beads as an octahedron pulled out into a spindle. A bead 
of such a shape is known to Sea Dayaks as Pelaga. Beads in 
all stages of making are here found, some roughly shaped, 
some not bored, and others only half bored, and one or two 
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