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Plate 130. OLD BEADS WORN BY KAYANS
A. LUKUT Sekala.—Value formerly one healthy adult male slave ;
present value, from £10 to ^15.
B. Labang Pagang.—Value 5s. to 15s. Used chiefly at marriage
ceremony. Kayan value in brassvvare, one gong.
C. JEKOKOK.—Value 15s. to 25s. ; or in brassware, a small tawak.
D. Kelam Wit.—Value 15s. to 30s.; or in brassware, a tawak
which measures from the base of the boss to the outer edge
a span between the first finger and the thumb. Also much
used in marriage ceremony.
E. Kelam Buang.—Value about 15s.; much sought after and worn
on a girdle by Kayan girls. The bear bead.
F. Kelam Buang Butit Telawa.—The name means the bear
bead with spider's belly. Value about 15 s.
G. Kaja Obing.—Value 15 s. to 25 s.
H. Kelam Song.—Value from £4 to £6 ;
I. Kelam.— Kenyah. Value about 15s.
or one adult female slave.
J. LUKUT.—Kenyah. Value about los., or a gong ; value about
ten to fifteen ingans of padi, or about 7 bushels.
K. LUKUT MURIK. — A bead used by the Murik tribe. Value
about I OS.
L. I NO Kalabit.—A Kalabit necklace. Value about ^5 ; or an
adult bufifalo.
M. A single blue bead from the necklace " L."
The yellow beads in the necklace are known as Labang, and the
blue ones as BUNAU. The beads in the necklace are all very old ones.
The beads A to H are chiefly, though not exclusively, found among
Kayans ; I and J among Kenyahs ; K
and the necklace L among Kalabits (Murut).
among Muriks (Klemantans) ;