Note 245 — Chapter V · Magic Rites connected with the Several Departments of Nature (continued 2)

Ancha.—A square frame 1′ 6″ × 1′ 6″, composed of strips of split bamboo for the floor and four pieces of peeled wood for the sides. The proper wood is kayu sungkei,245 because it has flat even twigs and leaves which lie flat and symmetrically; these must be bound together with a creeper: rattan may not be used; it is hung to the tulang bumbong246 just under the attaps247 of the smelting-shed; it is used as an altar, the offerings made by the miners to the spirits being placed on it.