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1909 Print Sarawak Dayak Woman Borneo Mourning Ring Gronong Rattan Nude XGDB7 XGA7 This is an original 1891This is an original 1909 black and white halftone print of a Sarawak Dayak woman in Borneo. She is wearing what the caption indicates is a "mourning ornament" which was actually called a gronong. Made of rattan and brass rings, the Dayak women would wear these at all times, some would have such a large amount that the gronongs would resemble a corset. The Dayak people are an indigenous culture of some infamy in Borneo. Their reputation for fierceness