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On the following day the river was still in flood, but we reached Long Lawa, a Kayan village, and decided to wait there until the river should subside to a more normal condition. Here a party of Kenyahs met us, sent by Tama Bulan to conduct us to his house some two or three days' journey up the Pata tributary.
The designs can best be explained by a reference to Pl. 142, Figs. 2 4; the part of the design marked A is termed BETIK BUAH, fruit pattern; B, betik lawa, trunk pattern; and C, BETIK LULUD, shin pattern.
From a rubbing of a carved model in the Sarawak Museum. From a tatu-block in the Sarawak Museum. Plate 142. Tatu design on the forearm of a Kalabit woman. From a drawing. Tatu design on front of leg of a Kalabit woman. C = BETIK LULUD, shin pattern. From a photograph. Tatu design on back of leg of a Kalabit woman. A = BETIK BUAH, fruit pattern; B = BETIK LAWA, trunk pattern. From a drawing.
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