Dear Scott and Whomever,

Since the time that this series of posts was deposited (2006), considerable work on Borneo and Lukut beads has been produced.

I presented a paper on Heirloom Beads at the Borneo International Beads Conference (BIBCo), at Borneo in 2010. And there have been subsequent papers since that time. The Proceedings of the Borneo Conferences are excellent publications. However, I do not personally know which volumes would be available now. You can inquire by joining the BIBCo Group at FaceBook.

One of the things I found in Borneo—that I predicted— is that currently people do identify any number of other Lukut beads as "Lukut Sekala." By the way, this name is pronounced "loo-KOOT SS'KAL-lah." The second name is two syllables, with the "se" and "ka" run-together and emphasized. The "se" is a sort of hiss—as happens in Japanese. The the name is almost like "looKOOT SKAlah."

Jamey D. Allen