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A comparison of the figures here given lends strong support to the supposition that the tuba-root pattern is merely a degraded anthropomorph.

From The Pagan Tribes of Borneo by Haddon, Alfred C. (Alfred Cort)

In the case of the Kayans, the conception is only half-way on the road to a full anthropomorph; whereas with the Ibans the change has been completed and the hawk-god is completely anthropomorphic.

From The Pagan Tribes of Borneo by Haddon, Alfred C. (Alfred Cort)