Through Central Borneo; an account of two years' travel in the land of the head-hunters between the years 1913 and 1917 . sacredpillar stood, by the Katingans and others called kapa-tong, erected on the occasion of a death. A striking feature in Dayak kampongs, especially inremote regions, is the presence of such upright pillars,carved more or less completely into human form andstanding before the houses. These are invariably forthe benefit of a dead person whom they guard, and if thedeceased was well provided with earthly goods two orthree are furnished. They are made of ironwood andoften hig
Through Central Borneo; an account of two years' travel in the land of the head-hunters between the years 1913 and 1917 . sacredpillar stood, by the Katingans and others called kapa-tong, erected on the occasion of a death. A striking feature in Dayak kampongs, especially inremote regions, is the presence of such upright pillars,carved more or less completely into human form andstanding before the houses. These are invariably forthe benefit of a dead person whom they guard, and if thedeceased was well provided with earthly goods two orthree are furnished. They are made of ironwood andoften higher than a man, but usually only the upper partis actually worked into shape, though many instancesare observed of smaller statues the entire surface of whichis crudely carved. When a death occurs many dutiesare incumbent on the surviving relatives, one of the firstbeing to make the kapatong, the soul of which waits onand guards the soul of the dcj)arted one. A good-sized domestic pig had been brought in de-pendent from a long pole about which its feet had beentied, and it was deposited at tlic base of the SACRII-ICING THE PIG AT THE FESTIVAL. TUMBANG MAROWEIThe wooden statue representing guardians of a deceased man may be observed
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