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Another note attributes this mask to the grade Lzleng'ua'al, and
describes its manufacture as follows. A species of bamboo with
long internodes is taken and a section of it which includes two
nodes is out off. One of these nodes is removed and the bamboo
is split into a number of pieces held together at one end by the
other node. The free ends of these strips are then fastened to
a circular band made from mangrove root. In this way a conical
frame is constructed. This is now covered with a material called
nenggenggablew and fowls‘ feathers are stuck into the apex. For
having this hat made the candidate pays four pigs : one for the
bamboo, one for the circular band (nuanrlzl), one for the
nggmggubkw, and one for the feathers.
The mask of the grade Nisamp, whose name is not recorded,
is generally spoken oi as tunes mbal/mbal mum ish, that is, the
" temps mbal/mbal with one face “, to distinguish it from others
that are decorated with more than one.
The grade Amcl Sesmandur has the lemes nimlnvemweil, or
“the young cycas temes ". Nothing is recorded as to the Way
it is either made or decorated, hut in one list it is referred to as
flames mbabmbal new itil, which would seem to imply that three
faces are painted upon it.
The grades which go to make up the " N alawan of the Gongs "
all share apparently a single type of hat called temes nnpal. There
is unfortunately no description of it anywhere, but clearly it is
oi considerable importance, for it is always worn by the men who
take part in the “ stoning “ of the Nalawun structure. According
to one statement the Nalau/an Numbou ai mbam4>, which is one
of this group of Nalawan, has a special mask of its own. which is
spoken of as the temes mbal/mbal mum im (tomes mbalmbal
“ with two faces â€ù, Pl. XIV, 3), possibly this is only a descriptive
name for the tomes napal. The grade Ambar Leo is also said to
have a mask peculiar to it, called ambar lam, which is described
in a brief note as " a long mask with two hands to it â€ù, which is
put on the head. Another mask of some importance is further
mentioned as belonging to the N alaw/an Nimbu/ilei, which bears
the name of Tomes Malau (malau =bush turkey). There is
no complete account of this, but it seems that it has two forms,
one of which is a hat, painted with a face, which ï¬Åts over the
head of the wearer, the other a heavy wooden disguise. The
fonneris to be seen on the '/ambarumgï¬Å eï¬Åigy ï¬Ågured on Plate XX, 2.