MUSEUM NOTES. 
107 
II. (1722) Cylindrical box of entli* wood, with 
close-fitting lid roughly carved round the top and fitted 
in the centre with a piece of glass (stopper from a 
bottle?). Total height is 11^ inches, of box without lid 
8^ inches, of lid alone 5 inches; diameter 6 P inches. 
The box and lid are tightly bound at top and base with 
plaited rotan. Two wooden upright handles are attached 
to the box, the outer edges neatl} T carved in a plain 
excavate pattern. 
The contents are :— 
(i) Pcnyampic the root of the poison root tuba. 
The wire ring is used for holding it. It is burnt and 
sprinkled over the patient (or rubbed on) to cause the 
ailment to come to the surface. 
(ii) (a) Tuba root first burnt and used for curing 
any ailment, being itself a poison. 
( b ) The porcupine quill and the temiang bam¬ 
boo. These are charms to protect the 
medicine chest of the manang. They are 
to prick anybody that dares to bore a hole 
through the lupong. If a hole is bored 
through the lupong the owner of it dies 
suddenly. 
(iii) (a) A smooth stone, called batu kapayang. 
( b ) A rough stone called batu leinak babi. Both 
these stones are called penchelap. 
They are dipped in some water and used for 
rubbing the patient to cure him. The manang also uses 
them similarly to protect himself against sickness. 
(iv) Batu tekuyong minycik, a penchelap also. 
(v) Batu sampi, a penchelap also. 
(vi) Batu penimba (a bucket stone) used for “bailing 
out ” the ailment from the patient. 
(vii) Pieces of areca nut, ubat enda pansa utai . 
Medicine used when the patient is supposed to be 
afflicted by the spirits. First dipped in water and 
then rubbed on the patient. 
(viii) Taring nyadi, a valuable tusk used for betubar, 
meaning the tusk is rubbed on the patient about 4 a.m. 
to cure all sickness. 
* Shore a rugosa. 
