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PLATE XVIII

Dyak drawing on bamboo representing mythological scenes in the spirit-world. In the upper row are seen the "soul-trees" with the souls ready to be reborn; in the central section, among other things, is the boat in which the souls of the dead are ferried across to the spirit-island. The lowest band shows figures of serpents, fishes, and crocodiles. Ethnographische Rijksmuseum, Leyden, Netherlands.