A meat-share stick, upon which shares of cooked meat, dātag, are impaled for distribution; a meat-share handle, a thin piece of flexible bamboo, vine or rattan, tied at one end, upon which pieces of raw take-home meat are strung for distribution.
Meat share sticks, from 10 - 20 cm. long, are used to count the number of people eating meat together, as at a wake, bū'al, during harvest time, īwang, at a festival, pāhang. One share of meat is impaled on one stick. For those eating at the house of the one butchering, each person cooks his or her own share in boiling water on the stick; cooked meat on sticks are sometimes given to harvesters in the fields. For a further description, see dāwit 1, hāmul 1. Meat-share handles are also used to count each person taking home a share of uncooked meat.