ABSTRACT
The men wear a somewhat exiguous loin cloth with an end falling down in front. Kedah Negrito men, according to Skeat, even so long ago as the time of his visit, though wearing loin cloths made from Artocarpus or Antiaris bark, “preferred to use the cloth variety, which they obtained from the Malays”. The cloth is of the whitish variety which is made from the bark of Antiaris toxicaria, the ipoh tree, from which a poison for the blowpipe darts is obtained. The kilt is secured with the opening in front and necessitates the wearing of a loin cloth, similar to that of the men but with a rather larger tab in front, under it. A wreath of purple and white “everlasting” flowers is from Lenggong, Upper Perak, as are also headbands of yellow flowers worn indifferently by both men and women.
