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A swing made up of a single long rattan of the kind 
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called sega’ is stretched across the room: this swing is 
_ the most important accessory of the Payun ceremony. 
It is suspended at each end from a nail in the wall and 
-when not in use is looped up from the middle to a hook 
on the wall. Dangling from the swing at points not far 
distant from the two ends are a pair of ornamental 
tassels of plaited palm leaves in the folds of which 
are hidden some tiny bells: during the ceremony, 
these bells are made to tinkle with the vibration of the 
Swing. 
From a point near to one end of the swing a long and 
wide ladder called Tago To of plaited palm leaves leads 
downwards and below passes into 
the Spatong: this is a square wooden receptacle like a 
lidless box and it contains four wooden images of anthro- 
pomorphic shape. 
A Rabu (or Rabong): this is a boat usually eight or nine 
feet long, well made and gaily painted: the specimen in 
the Sarawak Museum is ornamented with a fine figure- 
head of crocodilian shape. The Rabu contains as its crew, 
several anthropomorphic images called ‘Sakai’ (friends). 
.The boat is suspended from the ceiling by ropes attached 
to each end. 
Outside the room on the open verandah there is to be 
found another Rabu also containing a crew of images. 
This. one, however, is of much poorer construction and is 
often made from pith of the sago palm. 
An ‘Abun’: this is a model house of large size, often 
measuring eight or nine feet in all three dimensions. It 
is usually made from good wood and in shape rather 
resembles a Malayan Mosque. Sometimes there is out- 
side the house another Abun much smaller and roughly 
made of sago pith: this contains a few anthropomorphic 
images. The latter abun is for temporary use only and at 
the end of the Payun is carried to the river side where 
it finds its final resting place. 
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