. The pagan tribes of Borneo; a description of their physical, moral and intellectual condition, with some discussion of their ethnic relations. ofthe tarum plant). Lime and gypsum are some-times mixed with the watery extracts as mor-daunts, but these are probably modern two colours are to appear, those parts ofthe web which are to be of one colour (say purple)are wrapped up during the immersion in the reddye together with the parts that are to appear un-coloured. When this first dyeing is completedthe web is prepared for the purple dye, by uncover-ing the undyed parts which a
. The pagan tribes of Borneo; a description of their physical, moral and intellectual condition, with some discussion of their ethnic relations. ofthe tarum plant). Lime and gypsum are some-times mixed with the watery extracts as mor-daunts, but these are probably modern two colours are to appear, those parts ofthe web which are to be of one colour (say purple)are wrapped up during the immersion in the reddye together with the parts that are to appear un-coloured. When this first dyeing is completedthe web is prepared for the purple dye, by uncover-ing the undyed parts which are to be purple, andwrapping up in bundles the threads which havealready been dyed red. After being soaked in thepurple dye and dried, all the wrappings are removedfrom the web, and the desired pattern in threecolours appears upon it when it is the most noteworthy feature of the opera-tion of dyeing is that the woman generally wrapsup the threads in the way required to produce thepattern without any guidance, judging the lengthand number of the threads to be included in eachbundle purely by memory of the design aimed IS;!^ HANDICRAFTS 223 The only striking peculiarity of the loom is itsextreme simplicity. The upper ends of the webare looped over a stout bar which is fixed to a pairof uprights about a yard above the floor. Thelower ends of the web are looped over a stout rod,to the ends of which a loop of cord is tied. Thewoman sits on the ground (see PI. 121) with thisloop around her waist, and thus stretches the weband maintains the necessary tension of it. Themanipulation of the shuttle and of the threads ofthe web is accomplished without other mechanicalaids than the rods to which the one set of web-threads is tied by short threads. CHAPTER XII DECORATIVE ART All the tribes of Borneo practise a number ofdecorative arts. Some of the Klemantans, notablythe Malanaus, excel all other tribes, in that theyattain a high level of achievement in a great variety
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