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MATERIAL CONDITIONS 45
in each shell, the big upper canine tooth of the
tiger-cat ; but he is not entitled to wear these
until he has been on
the warpath. Those
who have taken a
head or otherwise
distinguished themselves
in war maywear,
instead of the
teeth, pieces of similar
shape carved from
the solid beak of the
helmeted hornbill.
The youths who
have not qualified
themselves for these
adornments, and
warriors during
mourning, usually
wear a disc of wood
orwax in their places
(Pis. 19 and 2i)r1
The lobe ofdhe
ear is perforated and
distended to a loop
some two inches in
length, in which a
brass ring is worn.
Just above this loop
a small hole through
the shell is usually
made, and from this
a small skein of beads
depends. Similar ear
ornaments are worn
Fig. 2.
by Kenyahs and some of the Klemantans, but not
by Muruts, and by few individuals only among
Punans and Sea Dayaks. Many of the latter wear