{{Italic title}} {{Short description|Traditional shield of Dayak of Borneo}} {{Infobox weapon |name= Klebit Bok | image= COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Houten schild versierd met mensenhaar TMnr 1552-8.jpg | image_size = 250 |caption= A Klebit Bok shield, circa 1875–1925. |origin= [[Borneo]] ([[East Kalimantan]], [[North Kalimantan]], [[West Kalimantan|West Kalimantan, Indonesia]] & [[Sarawak|Sarawak, Malaysia]]) |type= [[Shield]] <!-- Type selection --> |is_bladed= No <!-- Service history --> |service= |used_by= [[Kayan people (Borneo)]], [[Kenyah people]] |wars= <!-- Production history --> |designer= |design_date= |manufacturer= |unit_cost= |production_date= |number= |variants= <!-- General specifications --> |spec_label= |weight= |length= {{convert|110-130|cm|abbr=on}} |part_length= |width= |height= |diameter= |crew= <!-- Bladed weapon specifications --> |blade_type= |hilt_type= |sheath_type= |head_type= |haft_type= }}

The '''Klebit Bok''' or '''Kelembit Bok''' or '''Kelavit Bok''' is the traditional shield of the [[Kelabit people|Kelabit]], [[Kayan people (Borneo)|Kayan]] and the [[Kenyah people]] originating from [[Borneo]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Anton Willem Nieuwenhuis|title=Di Pedalaman Borneo: Perjalanan Dari Pontianak Ke Samarinda, 1894|year=1994|publisher=Penerbit PT Gramedia Pustaka Utama bekerja sama dengan Borneo Research Council, Indonesia Office|isbn=978-979-605-051-2}}</ref> It is similar to the shields used by other [[Dayak people]] such as the [[Terabai]] of the [[Iban people|Iban.]]

==Description== The Klebit Bok is a shield in a shape of a hexagon and painted on both sides. On its front, three demonic faces are often painted, in red, white and black and arranged vertically. Their staring, round eyes and grotesquely fanged mouths are surrounded by tufts of human hair attached with resin.<ref name="ECA&PB">{{cite book|author=Douglas Fraser|title=Early Chinese Art and the Pacific Basin: A Photographic Exhibition|year=1968|publisher=Intercultural Arts Press|isbn=0-913456-17-9}}</ref>

The front is richly decorated with clumps of human hair forcefully pressed into the narrow cracks of wood before being secured by means of fresh wax. The hair is allegedly from hunted heads. It completes the designs, making the shield all the more terrifying for one's enemies.<ref name="RefA">{{cite book|author=Albert G Van Zonneveld|title=Traditional Weapons of The Indonesian Archipelago|year=2002|publisher=Koninklyk Instituut Voor Taal Land|isbn=90-5450-004-2}}</ref>

The reverse of the shield frequently depicts one or two figures whose heads and limbs dissolve into fantastic tendrils.<ref name="ECA&PB" /> Its name is derived from ''klebit'' (meaning "shield") and ''bok'' (meaning "hair") indicating a strong connection between the shield and the hair with which it is decorated.<ref name="RefA" />

==See also== {{Portal|Indonesia|Malaysia}} *[[Kurabit]] *[[Baluse]]

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