Pagan races of the Malay Peninsula - Sabrizain.org

152 DRESS PART II
as I am aware, among other sections of the race more
remote from the Semano;-.
Neck/aces, Armlets, Bracelets, Rin^s.
Perak Sakai.—De Morgan speaks of the necklaces
and bracelets of the Perak Sakai as in no way differing
from those worn by the Perak Semang (p. 146).
According to Hale, the men appeared to wear no
ornaments except very small bracelets and waist-belts
made of the " Rock-vein " fungus (already mentioned).'
The women, on the other hand, wore bracelets and
necklaces made of seeds, shells, certain sweet-smelling
roots, and anything they could get from the Malays
that could be strung on. A necklace, purchased from
an old woman, contained nine strings of black and
white seeds differently arranged, a string of old Malay
copper coins, a few glass beads, the tip of a squirrel's
tail, two tufts of monkeys' hair, a spiral of brass
wire, five snail shells, and the brass support of the
ribs of an umbrella. This was about the average of
a Sakai necklace,-
The Sakai of " Changkat Riam" (in Perak),
according to De Morgan, strung upon their necklaces
and bracelets not only seeds but small bones as well.^
These necklaces and bracelets were very similar to
those of Sungei Raya, but at Changkat Riam brass
ornaments were conspicuous by their absence, prob-
ably owing to the great distance of the latter settlement
from any of the Malay villages.*
On the arm a thickish string, or series of strings, is
it as being worn by the Sakai men (of ' Hale, p. 292.
Kinta in Perak), as well as by the local ^ lb. See also De la Croix, p. 330.
Malays, who in this case are clearly ' .S"iV, ? " Riang. "— De Morgan, viii.
borrowers. 211. ^ lb.