Orang Ulu (Kayan, Kenyah and Kelabit). Nowadays, both the Iban as well as the Orang Ulu Kayan, Kenyah and Kelabit play an instrument resembling the guitar called the sape. Datun Jalut and are the most common traditional dances performed accompanied by a sape tune. The sape is the official musical instrument of the Malaysian state of Sarawak. It is played similarly to the way rock guitarists play guitar solos, albeit a little slower, but not as slow as the blues. Handicrafts Traditional carvings () include: hornbill effigy carving, the shield, the (ghost statue), the knife handle, normally made of deer horn, the knife scabbard, decorative carving on the metal blade itself during blacksmithing e.g. , bamboo stoves, bamboo containers and frightening masks. Another related category is designing motives either by engraving or drawing with paints on wooden planks, walls or house posts. Even traditional coffins may be beautifully decorated using both carving and ukir-painting. The Iban plaits good armlets or calvelets called 'simpai'. The Ibans like to tattoo themselves all over their bodies. There are motifs for each part of the body. The purpose of the tattoos is to protect the tattoo bearer or to signify certain events in their life. Some motifs are based on marine lives such as the crayfish (), prawn () and crab (), while other motifs are based on dangerous creatures like the cobra (), scorpion (), ghost dog () and dragon (). Other important motifs of body tattoo include items or events which are worth commemorating and experienced or encountered by Iban during a sojourn or adventure such as an aeroplane which may be tattooed on the chest. Some Ibans call this art of tattooing or . To signify that an individual has killed an enemy (), he is entitled to tattoo his throat () or his upper-side fingers (). Some traditional Iban do have piercings of the penis (called ) or the ear lobes. The Iban will tattoo their body as a whole in a holistic design, not item by item in an uncoordinated manner. Woven products are known as . Several types of woven blankets made by the Ibans are and . Using weaving, the Iban make blankets, bird shirts (), and . Weaving is the women's warpath while (headhunting) is the men's warpath. The blanket do have conventional or ritual motives depending on the purpose of the woven item. Those who