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were lank and absolutely straight. We have noted the hair of both sexes as 
straight in several instances, but in no case was it actually lank. The colour 
of the skin of the body varied between red and yellow, the most prevalent shade 
being a reddish olive, practically indistinguishable from the complexion of the 
Malays of the neighbourhood. When we discovered that the woman’s hair 
was not altogether natural, a dusky tinge spread over her face. The mean 
stature of nine adult males was 1,560 mm. ; it would have been considerably 
lower but for the inclusion of one man who was exceptionally tall, even for a 
Malay, and who had other non-Sakai characters. The mean stature of four 
women was 1,397 mm - The noses and faces were a little narrower than those 
of the Perak Sakais, but the shape of the face was much the same. The eyes 
were invariably black, and the epicanthus was absent, or very slightly developed, 
in all but two cases, in which it did not cover more than half the caruncle. 
Fig. 14. Detail of Ornamentation on Blowgun. Orang Bukit ; Selangor. Scale, 
The design in the bottom row represents scorpions (?) or cockroaches, and that on the top a snake. 
The Orang Bukit were well provided with blowguns, which resembled 
those of South Perak in structure, but differed from them in ornamentation and 
in the shape of the mouthpieces, which were decidedly conical, instead of being 
annular or bowl-shaped. The patterns incised on the surface of the bamboo 
included geometrical designs (Fig. 14), but were characterized by the presence 
of forms representing snakes and arthropods, whether scorpions or cockroaches 
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