. The pagan tribes of Borneo; a description of their physical, moral and intellectual condition, with some discussion of their ethnic relations. directed forwards, and thelong handle is gripped between the forearm and thelower ribs; the weight of the body can thus bebrought to the assistance of thearm in cutting hard material. Withthis knife most of the finer carvingis done, the adze and sword beingused chiefly for rough shaping. The adze consists of a flat bladeof steel in the shape of a highlyacute-angled triangle (PI. in).The slightly convex base is the. T. T ^ cutting edge. The upper half
. The pagan tribes of Borneo; a description of their physical, moral and intellectual condition, with some discussion of their ethnic relations. directed forwards, and thelong handle is gripped between the forearm and thelower ribs; the weight of the body can thus bebrought to the assistance of thearm in cutting hard material. Withthis knife most of the finer carvingis done, the adze and sword beingused chiefly for rough shaping. The adze consists of a flat bladeof steel in the shape of a highlyacute-angled triangle (PI. in).The slightly convex base is the. T. T ^ cutting edge. The upper half of Fig. 46.—Kayan Button , » 1 / i • 1 for Sword-belt carved the triangle (which may or mayin hard wood or sub- ^^^ ]^q marked by a shoulder) is stance of the horn- , . , . 1 1 1 • 1 1 • 1 v • bills beak. buried in the lashings by which it is attached to the wooden haft. Thehaft is a small bough of tough, springy wood, cutfrom a tree, together with a small block of the woodof the stem ; the latter is shaved down until It formsan oblong block continuous with the haft and atan angle to it of yo°So\ The upper half of theVOL. I Q. 226 PAGAN TRIBES OF BORNEO chap. metal blade is laid upon the distal surface of thisblock and lashed firmly to it with fine strips of piece of skin is often placed between the metaland the lashings ; this facilitates the removal of theblade, and enables the craftsman to alter the anglebetween the cutting edge and the haft. Commonlythe blade is laid in the plane of the haft, and theimplement is then what we should call a small axe ;on turning the blade through 90°, it is convertedto a small adze; and not infrequently the bladeis turned through a smaller angle, so that its planeforms an acute angle with that of the haft. Carved woodwork is commonly painted withblack and red paint, prepared respectively fromsoot and iron oxide mixed with sugar-cane juiceor with lime ; the moist pigment is applied with thefinger on larger surfaces, and t
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