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XI HANDICRAFTS 219
thread of rattan or fern-stem. The poison is then
applied to the surface of this metal. The metal is
obtained nowadays from imported tin or brass
ware, but formerly a slip of hard wood was used,
and, possibly, in some
cases stone.
The quiver for carrying
the darts is a section
of bamboo about four
inches in diameter and
ten inches in length,
fitted with a cap of the
same which fits over the
shaved lip of the main
piece (Fig. 44). A
wooden hook lashed to
the quiver enables it to
be hung from the belt.
The darts, mostly without
piths, are wrapped
in a squirrel skin and
thrust tip downwards
into the quiver. A small
gourd tied to the quiver
carries a supply of piths
all ready to be placed on
the darts.
Pottery
The importation of
earthenware and of cooking
pots of brass and iron
Fig. 44.
has now almost put an end to the native manufacture
of pottery ;
but in former times simple earthenware
vessels for boiling rice were made by Kayans,
Kenyahs, Ibans, and some of the Klemantans.
Those who made no pots boiled their rice and sago