The Museum is a storehouse of fascinating Dayak artifacts, ranging from finely woven antique rotans and cloths, the threatening masks used to frighten away evil spirits, funeral 'totem pole' carvings, giant swords and blow pipes, objects used in birth and wedding ceremonies, and ancient bark garments and gemstone jewellry.
A trip to the handicraft markets is alive with the modern day versions : rattan hats, rainbow selections of gemstones, furled bamboo blinds and the wavy roots of a traditional medicine tree, good for the liver : so bitter that if you put a twig in your palm, you can taste the bitterness on the other side of your hand!
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