Seventeen Years Among the Sea Dyaks of Borneo: A Record of Intimate Association with the Natives of the Bornean JunglesGomes, Edwin Herbert
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Seventeen Years Among the Sea Dyaks of Borneo: A Record of Intimate Association with the Natives of the Bornean Jungles
Gomes, Edwin Herbert
Iban (Bornean people); Sarawak (Malaysia) -- Description and travel
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A DYAK GIRL DRESSED IN ALL HER FINERY TO ATTEND A FEAST _Frontispiece_
A SEA DYAK WITH SHIELD 22
SIR CHARLES BROOKE, G.C.M.G., THE PRESENT RAJAH OF SARAWAK 30
THREE TYPICAL DYAKS 36
DYAK VILLAGE HOUSE IN COURSE OF CONSTRUCTION 44
DYAK MAKING A BLOWPIPE 44
DYAK GIRLS POUNDING RICE 46
A HUSKING MILL 46
DRYING PADDY 46
SEA DYAKS MAKING A CANOE 50
GIRLS WEAVING 52
DYAKS RETURNING FROM TUBA-FISHING 56
A DYAK WOMAN MAKING A MAT WITH SPLIT CANE 62
FIVE DYAKS IN WAR DRESS, WITH SPEARS AND SHIELDS 74
A DYAK IN WAR DRESS 78
HUMAN HEADS 78
DYAK WARFARE 82
DYAK HOUSES 88
DYAK CHILDREN 102
A DYAK YOUTH 114
A DYAK LAD 114
A DYAK WEDDING 124
DYAK GIRL SPINNING 128
A DYAK BRIDE 130
A DYAK GIRL 130
A DYAK CEMETERY BY THE RIVER-SIDE 136
A DYAK DANCING THE WAR DANCE 136
BOAT-TRAVELLING 146
A DYAK YOUTH HOLDING A SPEAR 160
A RIVER SCENE 206
COCK-FIGHTING 210
THREE DYAK GIRLS DRESSED IN THEIR FINERY TO ATTEND A FEAST 212
COCK-FIGHTING 222
A LONG DYAK VILLAGE HOUSE 242
A DYAK WOMAN IN EVERYDAY COSTUME 268
A DYAK USING A WOODEN BLOWPIPE 280
A DYAK GIRL 290
SCRAPING PALM-LEAVES FOR FIBRE 290
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