Kampung Panjut Tuaran,Borneo: Ceremonial Objects From Suang Lotud TUARAN

Tuesday 5 June 2012

Ceremonial Objects From Suang Lotud TUARAN

Ceremonial Dress:

Some description may well be given here of the dress worn by the women of tuaran dusun lotud on ceremonial occasions, as this differs vary materially from that in everyday use. The ceremonial head dress consists of stiff bunches of feathers, those of the cock or the argues pleasant are used, cut and dress into the form of a shuttlecock, having a long pin of bamboo fixed into the under surface. They are ornamented at the top with pieces of red cloth, and are insert into the hair so as to form a sort of crest running backward from the front of the head, where, owing to the hair being piled up, the hindermost clump of feathers is the most elevated, the crest thus having an upward slop from front to back. From the top of both the foremost and also of the hindermost tuft of feather depends a string of green beetles wing. Below the crest of the feathers there surrounds the head a fillet of red cloth backed with rattan cane, which is ornamented with oblong and square plate of silver gilt; these are embossed with various patterns. The body from the neck to the waist is clothed, in most cases, in a tight fitting blue or black jacket of Chinese cloth, and over this is an elaborately draped scarf of Borne an manufacture. These scarves, which are very old, are said they are very high valued, and are only worn on occasions of ceremony. Their color is generally is a mixture of red and yellow. Around the waist are red, black or natural colored rings made of rattan cane, such as are affected by all dusun lotud tuaran women. Below these is a short ceremonial skirt of variegated cloth, the material of which resembles that of a scarf, and this also is old and considered very valuable. The majority of the dusun lotud women taking part in the ceremonies wear round their necks and hanging down the breast, long, many-folded necklaces composed of old Chinese and Dutch beads; among these are round beads of cornelian, and also long bugles of the same stone, strung on the necklaces are long, ornaments of embossed silver, from about 3 to 31/2 inches long, which are hollow, but are filled with plugs of wood round at the top. The cones are so disposed on the chain that they hang in pair with their points directed downwards to form a sloping series on each side of the jacket. This necklace are termed a “KAMUGGI”, and a good specimen of many folds will often fetch a good price.

Another form of ceremonial neck ornament as the “OKOB”, together with an inferior specimen of the :KAMUGGI” ..............

A) Women head-dress of cocks feathers. The four tufts of feathers are fastened to bamboo pin which are inserted into a receptacle of palm-wood, usd as a mere holder.

B) Ceremonial necklace (kamuggi).

C) Ceremonial necklace (Okob),The plaques are of silver;backe with copper-The head mark 1 are of cornelian.

D) Tetubit used in ceremony of menghadji padi X 1/4.

e) Tetubit used in menghadji for sickness X 1/4.