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Old 4th February 2009, 05:32 PM   #19
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Originally Posted by ronpakis
not quit the type of buckle you would expect?? How does it work than?

greetings ron
Hi Ron,

I have seen buckles in different forms. Crocodile teeth, wooden peg, shell knot, bone. But I haven,t seen a buckle like this either myself.
But as mentioned it could be hanged on it later. But dajaks also use stuff from trade.

How it works:
There is a ratan belt which is going around the waste. And it has a loop were the buckle is stuck through..
I have some better pics were you can see the whole ratan belt and some old pics of dajaks with mandaus on their waste attached, to give you a better imagination how it is fastened.

Groeten,
Maurice
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