. The pagan tribes of Borneo; a description of their physical, moral and intellectual condition, with some discussion of their ethnic relations. e dart. A piece of pith transfixed by the pinis shaved with a sharp knife until its surface is flushwith that of the wooden gauge. The poison is prepared from the sap of the Ipohtree, Antiaris Toxicaria. The milky sap runs outwhen the bark is incised, and is collected in abamboo cup (PL 88). It is then heated slowlyover a fire in a trough made from the leaf stemof a palm, until it becomes a thick paste of darkpurple brown colour (PI. 116). When the po
. The pagan tribes of Borneo; a description of their physical, moral and intellectual condition, with some discussion of their ethnic relations. e dart. A piece of pith transfixed by the pinis shaved with a sharp knife until its surface is flushwith that of the wooden gauge. The poison is prepared from the sap of the Ipohtree, Antiaris Toxicaria. The milky sap runs outwhen the bark is incised, and is collected in abamboo cup (PL 88). It is then heated slowlyover a fire in a trough made from the leaf stemof a palm, until it becomes a thick paste of darkpurple brown colour (PI. 116). When the poisonis to be applied to the darts, it is worked intoa thinner paste on a palette with a spatula. Acircular groove is cut round the shaft of the dartabout two inches from its tip, and the part somarked off is rolled in the paste and then driedbefore a fire. For use against large game, pig,deer, or human beings, a larger dose of poisonis required than can be carried on the tip of theshaft. x\ small triangular piece of metal is affixedby splitting the tip of the shaft, thrusting in the baseof the triangular plate, and securing it with a fine. XI HANDICRAFTS 219 thread of rattan or fern-stem. The poison is thenapplied to the surface of this metal. The metal isobtained nowadays from imported tin or brassware, but formerly a slip of hard wood was used,and, possibly, in somecases stone. The quiver for carry-ing the darts is a sectionof bamboo about fourinches in diameter andten inches in length,fitted with a cap of thesame which fits over theshaved lip of the mainpiece (Fig. 44). Awooden hook lashed tothe quiver enables it tobe hung from the darts, mostly with-out piths, are wrappedin a squirrel skin andthrust tip downwardsinto the quiver. A smallgourd tied to the quivercarries a supply of pithsall ready to be placed onthe darts. Pottery
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