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CHAP. IX GENERAL REMARKS 407<br />

Description <strong>of</strong> Object,<br />

(i) Bamboo combs.*<br />

(2) Large bamboo tubes, cut from a<br />

single intemode, and including<br />

— —<br />

(a) Bamboo quivers* (for arrows<br />

or darts).<br />

{b) Charm bamboos.*<br />

{c) Myth bamboos.*<br />

{d) Burial bamboos.*<br />

{e) Birth bamboos.*<br />

(f)<br />

{g)<br />

Bamboo "stampers."*<br />

Seed bamboos (used<br />

dibbling rice).<br />

for<br />

(3) Small bamboo tubes, including<br />

(a) Poison-receptacles.<br />

(h) Tobacco-receptacles.<br />

(4) Blowpipes.*<br />

(5) Miscellaneous objects, e.g. arrows,<br />

nose-sticks, fish-hooks, and various<br />

implements (ring-lines only).<br />

(6) Mats and wallets (mat-work and<br />

embroidery).<br />

(7) Bark-cloth (painting only).<br />

(8) The human body (painting and<br />

tattooing and scarification <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

person)<br />

—<br />

v. vol. ii. ch. ii.<br />

(I)<br />

(2)<br />

Use.<br />

Used chiefly by Semang (V.-St.<br />

loc. cit.) ; chiefly by Sakai (Mar-<br />

tin, 703). Not used by Jakun.<br />

(a) Arrow<br />

- quivers used by<br />

Semang only ; dart -<br />

quivers by all three<br />

<strong>races</strong>.<br />

(b) Used by Semang only.<br />

(c) Do. do.<br />

{d) Do. do.<br />

(e) Do. do.<br />

(/) Used by Sakai only (?).<br />

(g) Collected among Semang.<br />

(3)<br />

(a) Commonly undecorated<br />

when used by Semang,<br />

but decorated by Sakai<br />

and to some extent by<br />

(b)<br />

Jakun.<br />

Used especially by Semang.<br />

(4) Borrowed in <strong>the</strong> case <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Semang,<br />

but decorated by all three <strong>races</strong>.<br />

(5) Some <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se {e.g. arrows) are<br />

used by Semang only, but <strong>the</strong>y<br />

cannot all be specified.<br />

(6) Not used by Semang except when<br />

borrowed, but found among Sakai,<br />

and still more among Jakun.<br />

(7) Decorated by .Sakai especially,<br />

rarely by Semang and Jakun.<br />

(8) Scarification and tattooing (according<br />

to Mr. L. Wray) appear to be<br />

practised by <strong>the</strong> Sakai <strong>of</strong> Perak ;<br />

body-painting by all three <strong>races</strong>,<br />

but especially by <strong>the</strong> Sakai.<br />

The asterisked objects are <strong>the</strong> only ones whose<br />

patterns have been seriously studied, and that in<br />

most cases for <strong>the</strong> Semang only.<br />

Of <strong>the</strong>se divisions <strong>the</strong> first (that containing <strong>the</strong><br />

Semang combs) includes prophylactic patterns in-<br />

tended to protect <strong>the</strong> wearer against various accidents<br />

and diseases, and must await a fuller discussion<br />

below.<br />

The Semang patterns <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> .second class were<br />

supposed by Vaughan-Stevens to have been originally

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