An edition of The pagan tribes of Borneo (1912)
The pagan tribes of Borneo
a description of their physical, moral intellectual condition, with some discussion of their ethnic relations
By Charles Hose,McDougall, William
Publish Date
1912
Publisher
Macmillan
Language
eng
Pages
374
Description:
Chapter I Geography of Borneo 1 Chapter II History of Borneo 8 Chapter III General Sketch of the Peoples of Borneo 28 Chapter IV Material Conditions of the Pagan Tribes of Borneo 43 Chapter V The Social System 63 Chapter VI Agriculture 97 Chapter VII The Daily Life of a Kayan Long House 116 Chapter VIII Life on the Rivers 131 Chapter IX Life in the Jungle 143 Chapter X War 158 Chapter XI Handicrafts 193 Chapter XII Decorative Art 224 Chapter XIII Ideas of Spiritual Existences and the Practices Arising from Them 1 Chapter XIV Ideas of the Soul Illustrated by Burial Customs, Soul-Catching, and Exorcism 28 Chapter XV Animistic Beliefs Connected with Animals and Plants 51 Chapter XVI Magic, Spells, and Charms 115 Chapter XVII Myths, Legends, and Stories 136 Chapter XVIII Childhood and Youth of a Kayan 153 Chapter XIX The Nomad Hunters 177 Chapter XX Moral and Intellectual Peculiarities 194 Chapter XXI Ethnology of Borneo 223 Chapter XXII Government 257 Appendix The Physical Characters of the Races of Borneo. By A. C. Haddon 311 Index
subjects: Anthropometry, Ethnology, Material culture, Social life and customs, Ethnology, borneo
Places: Borneo
Times: JULY 1912