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272 PAGAN TRIBES OF BORNEO chap.
74, and PI. 143, Figs. 7, 8. The central part of the
forearm design is an anthropomorphic derivative, judging
by the name tegulun ; the lines are termed kilang^ and
kanak and gerowit are also conspicuous ; gerowit is also the
name of the design for the metacarpals ; the two stars
joined by a line on the wrist are termed lukut^ and it is
possible that their significance is the same as that of the
Kayan lukut tatued in the same place by men, but we
have no evidence that this is the case.
Nieuwenhuis figures [9, PI. 80] a Bakatan tatued on
the chest in the typical manner.
The only other designs, apparently of Kalamantan
— __—___^.i_.^_«__^ origin, are those figured
— by Ling Roth [7, p. Zj\
Three of these are after
drawings by Rev. W.
Crossland, and are
labelled "tatu marks on
arm of Kapuas Kayan
captive woman." The
designs are certainly
Fig. 74.
not of Kayan origin
the woman had in all
probability been brought
captive to Sarawak,
where Mr. Crossland saw
her, and it is unfortunate
that exact informa-
tion concerning the tribe
to which she belonged
was not obtained. The
designs, if accurately
copied, are so extremely unlike all that are known to
us that we are not able to hazard even a guess at their
provenance or meaning. The other design figured on
the same page is copied from Carl Bock ; it occurred on
the shoulder of a Punan, and is said by Mr. Crossland
to be commonly used by the Sea Dayaks of the Undup.
We met with a similar example of it (PI. 138, Fig. 7)
on an Ukit tatued in the Kayan manner, but could get
no information concerning it, and suppose that it is not
an Ukit design. Hein [6, Fig. 90] figures the same
design, and Nieuwenhuis [8, p. 240] alludes to a similar.
We may note here that the designs figured on page 89
;