Plate 40 (face pg. 56) from C.Hose / W.McDougall (1912): The Pagan Tribes of Borneo.
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Title: The pagan tribes of Borneo; a description of their physical, moral and intellectual condition, with some discussion of their ethnic relations
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Hose, Charles, 1863-1929 McDougall, William, 1871-1938 Haddon, Alfred C. (Alfred Cort), 1855-1940
Subjects: Ethnology Anthropometry
Publisher: London : Macmillan and co., limited
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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deck in paddling, orstands upon it when poling the boat over rapids. In addition to the clothes, houses, and boats,and the domestic animals mentioned above, and tothe personal ornaments and weapons to be describedin later chapters, the material possessions of theKayans consist chiefly of baskets and mats. The baskets are of various shapes and sizes,adapted to a variety of uses. The largest sizeholds about two bushels of padi, and is chiefly usedfor transporting grain from the fields to the house(Fig. 4). It is almost cylindrical in shape, but ratherwider at the upper end. Four strips of wood run-ning down from near the upper edge project slightlybelow, forming short legs on which the basketstands. The upper end is closed by a detachablecap, which fits inside the upper lip of the basket.It is provided with a pair of shoulder straps, and astrap which is passed over the crown of the head.These straps are made of a single strip of toughbeaten bark. One end of it is attached to the foot of
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