ILLUSTRATIONS.
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Tattooed Kayan Married Woman Frontispiece.
Aban Avit’s House on the Tinjar 1
Posts Erected in Front of a House after a Head-hunt 2
Veranda of Abun’s House at Long-Lama on the Baram 4
Jungle in the Low-country, near the Baram Fort 6
Kaluri, Musical Instruments 8
Family-room, or Lamin, in Abun’s House on the Baram 10
Veranda of a newly built Iban House on the Bakong River 12
Tama Bulan 16
Handle of a Parang 20
Chinese Bazaar at Claudetown—Baram Fort 22
Scene on the Baram 24
Group of Kenyah Youths 26
Bulan, Daughter of Tama Bulan 28
Group of Boys 30
Kenyah Women in Ordinary Costume 34
Making Fire with a ‘Fire-drill’ 38
Mujan, One of the Belles of Tama Bulan’s Household 46
Sara, Another Belle of Tama Bulan’s Household 48
Aban Avit, a Berawan Chief of the Tinjar 54
A Kayan Youth, with the Raised Scar, called by the Natives ‘Gum Toh,’ a Ghost’s Clutch 56
Veranda of Aban Avit’s House 58
Skull of a Chief of the Kelabit Tribe 60
One of the Belles of Aban Avit’s House 62
The Drudge of a Kayan Household 64
Veranda of Aban Deng’s House on the Apoh 66
Bornean War-costume 68
Council of War, during a March to the House of an Enemy 70
Chief and Two Slaves in War-costume 72
Instruments used in preparing Poisoned Darts 74
Kayan War-coat of Goat’s Skin 74
War-canoe, or Racing-canoe 76
Figure-head of a Long War-canoe 78
Kelavit Bok, a Hairy Shield 80
Poling Canoes over Shallow Rapids 82
The War-party halted on a ‘Karangan’ to cook breakfast 84
Armed Warriors on a Narrow Trail in the Jungle 86
A Stealthy Approach to the House of an Enemy 88
The Return from a Head-hunt 90
War-caps of Rattan and Split Bamboo 92
Grave of Oyong Luhat 94
War-coat and Cap made of the Skin of a Manis 96
A Charm against Fever 98
Decorated Store-house for Rice 100
River Bank in Front of a Long-house 104
Canoes of the Peace-party in a Quiet Reach between Rapids 106
River Scene in the Heart of Borneo 108
Laki Jok Orong, a Rejang River Chief 110
Door-frame From the House of Tama Aping Pang 114
Aban Liah 116
A Contingent of the Peace-party 118
Lian Avit, a Leppu Annan, with Tipang, his Wife 122
Ibans Bargaining for Valuable Chinese Jars 126
Tama Aping Buling’s House on the Tinjar 128
Women of the Household of Tama Balan Deng 136
Grave of the Wife of Orang Kaya Temangang Lawi 142
Moss-covered Jungle on the Summit of Mount Dulit 144
Batu, Youngest Son of the Kayan Chief Oyong Luhat 146
Tattoo Designs on the Forearms of Kayan and Kenyah Women 148
Tattoo Designs of Ibans of the Rejang and Kenyahs of the Baram 148
Tattooing on the Forearms and Feet of a Kenyah Woman 150
Tattooing a Kayan Girl 152
Kenyah Woman With Elongated Ear-lobes 154
Batu, a Kayan Youth of the Baram District 156
Iban Ornamentation of the Teeth 156
Malanau Head-compression 158
Ibans Felling a Buttress Tree 160
Field of Hill Rice 162
Iban Camphor Collectors Splitting a Camphor Tree 164
Punan Camphor Collectors 166
Kayan Camphor Collectors Selling the Crystals to Chinese Traders 168
Tama Balan Deng, a Sibop 170
Pipes and other Requisites to Tobacco-smoking 170
Punan Huts 172
Punan Girl Straining grated Tapioca 172
Hunting Small Game with the Sumpit 174
Women and Children of the Punan Encampment near the Head-waters of the Dapoi 174
Girls in the House of Tama Balan Deng, grating Tapioca 176
Punan Women Straining grated Tapioca 176
Punan Woman Carrying her Baby in a Sling made of Rattan 178
Orang-Kaya Perkassa 180
Household Gods of Orang-Kaya Perkassa 180
Birds’-nest Caves at Niah 182
Punan Huts within the Birds’-nest Caves 182
Punans Camped for the Night 184
Scene on a level stretch of River in the Central Highlands 186
Flat Palm-leaf Hat worn by Women 188
A Kenyah Grave 190
THE TATTOOING OF A KAYAN MARRIED WOMAN
ABAN AVIT’S HOUSE, ON THE TINJAR
THE CLUSTER OF STAKES AND POLES IN THE FOREGROUND IS A CHARM TO DRIVE AWAY THE EVIL SPIRITS OF ILLNESS. IN THE LEFT CORNER OF THE PICTURE, THE TALLER POLE, DECORATED WITH STRIPS OF PALM LEAVES, IS THE RECORD OF A SUCCESSFUL HEAD-HUNT. THE PHOTOGRAPH SHOWS ABOUT TWO-THIRDS OF THE LENGTH OF THE HOUSE.