Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917Lumholtz, Carl
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Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917
Lumholtz, Carl
Borneo -- Description and travel; Ethnology -- Borneo; Natural history -- Borneo
_raja_, a native chief, or noble.
_raja besar_, big raja.
_ringit_, the Dutch coin of f. 2.50.
_rupia_, florin, guilder.
_rusa_, deer.
_sambir_, mat made from palm leaves.
_sarong_, a cloth wound around the loins.
_sayur_, vegetable stew.
_sumpitan_, blowpipe.
_takut_, timid.
_ticcar_, mat made from rattan.
_tin_, five-gallon tin can.
_tingang_, great hornbill.
_tingeling_, scaly ant-eater.
_tuak_, native rice brandy.
_tuan_, master, lord.
_tuan besar_, great master or lord.
_tuba_, root used for poisoning the water for fishing purposes.
_utan_, jungle, woods.
_wah-wah_, gibbon, a long-armed monkey.
_wang_, coin, money.
INDEX
Aaton Kohang (antoh), tale of
Acidosis, cure of
Ado, harvest festival at
Adventures in Pursuit of Magic, folk-tale
Agility, of natives
Agriculture, vast possibilities for
Ah Sewey, photographer
Airplane, foreshadowed in folk-tale
Ajo River, the
Akieh, Doctor Tjon
Alcohol, from rice and from sugar-cane
Alfurs of Central Celebes, resemblance of Katingans to
Amban Klesau, boatman
Amenaran, folk-tale about
Amon Amang, the fatherless boy
Aneitjing, legend of
Angkipi
Animals, of Borneo;
of the jungle;
of Central Borneo;
laughing at, feared by Long-Glats;
Mrs. Meyer's collection of;
Dayak belief concerning souls of.
_See also_ Blood of sacrificed animals
Annandale, Doctor N.
Ant-eater, the scaly;
supposed to bring good luck
Anthracite coal
Antimony
Antiquities, Hindu
_Antoh Who Married a Saputan, The_, folktale
Antohs (good and evil spirits), various designations for;
shape usually assumed by;
kinds of;
haunts of;
sacrifices to attract good;
attracted by music and dancing;
the nagah;
the sangiang;
three birds that call;
disease caused by evil;
at ear-piercing operation;
singing to attract;
food offered to;
evil, ejected by singing;
represented on kapatongs;
flying prahu presented to;
sacrifice to, at rice-planting;
at harvest feast;
at funeral feast;
guarding the dead;
in crocodiles;
in trees;
representation of, on the sapundo;
evil;
placed in the world by, belief of natives;
the nagah in decorative designs;
names given to nagah by different tribes;
drawing of flying prahu presented to;
folktales about
Ants, in the jungle;
a raid by;
along Busang River
Apes
Apo Kayan
trading expedition from;
the garrison in;
head-hunting in;
relics from;
Oma-Sulings from;
home of the Long-Glats;
Kenyahs of;
the Oma-Lakans of
Aptitude, of natives
Arabs, in Borneo;
conversion of Java by
Artistic character of natives
_Artocarpus integrifoha_
Asia: Borneo, Java and Sumatra formerly parts of
Astronomical device for determining best time for rice-planting
Auguries. See Omens.
Australia, sun disregarded by blacks of
Baggage, story of excessive charge for carrying;
opening of many pieces of
Bahandang, arrival at
Bahau River, the;
inhabited at source only;
tribes from
Bahau tribes, the
Bahau-Kenyah tribe
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