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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

Name: Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917
Author: Lumholtz, Carl

Lumholtz, Carl

Borneo -- Description and travel; Ethnology -- Borneo; Natural history -- Borneo

Cocks, annoyance caused by crowing of

Cocoanuts;
  plantations of;
  natives killed by falling

Coffin, making the;
  duplicate made of carved;
  Katingan name for;
  for second funeral;
  of the Long-Glats

Coins, used as ornaments

Collections, ethnographic, specimens added to

Colombo

Colour, skin;
  light, in black and brown races;
  hair

Communal houses

Cooking, in bamboo;
  by the Penyahbongs

Coolies, employed as paddlers

Cows, at Long Iram;
  sacrificed at funeral feast

Cradle, adorned with beads;
  customs regarding the

Crocodile;
  fight with a;
  not eaten;
  on Katingan River;
  kapala's brother eaten by;
  killing of;
  folk-tale about

Crow

Culm, Stewart

Cure of disease by natives


Daily life, of the Penyahbongs;
  of the Long-Glats

Damar, white

Dance, of the Murungs;
  of the blians;
  at the tiwah feast;
  war-dance;
  of blians at triennial feast;
  of the people at triennial feast

Dancing, of the Murungs;
  to attract good spirits;
  with masks;
  of the Duhoi;
  of the Katingans;
  at tiwah feast;
  on completion of Penyahbong house;
  at harvest festival

Dangei hut, the

Data Laong, village of;
  meaning of name;
  folk-lore from

Data Lingei, a one-night camp at

Dayaks, number of, in Borneo;
  extinction of, by Malays inevitable;
  safety enjoyed by;
  derivation of the word;
  name applied to all natives of Borneo except Malays and nomadic peoples;
  little drunkenness among;
  of Bulungan;
  manners of;
  few children of;
  ultimately must die out;
  food of;
  social classes among;
  the Kenyahs, the most capable of;
  Hindu influence among;
  physical superiority of;
  and Malays;
  characteristics of;
  customs of

De Weert, steamship

Dead, the, natives' fear of;
  guarded by kapatongs;
  guarded by statue of lovers.
  See also Funeral customs

Debtors, as slaves

Deer, the kidyang;
  Bornean method of hunting;
  along Busang River;
  mouse;
  fine specimen killed and eaten;
  cry of, at noon, an omen;
  folk-tales about;
  magic fluid possessed by;
  as food

Demmini, J., photographer;
  illness of;
  return of, to Batavia

Demum, a form of malaria

Designs, decorative

Diamond fields of Martapura

Disease, cure of, by natives;
  caused by malicious anto;
  tatu marks to prevent;
  natives' fondness for white man's remedies for;
  skin

Divorce among natives

Djangkang

Djelavat (Bornean fish)

Djobing, boatman

Djokjakarta

Djudjang, rattan gatherers' camp;
  arrival at

Dogs, Dayak, description of;
  augury concerning lost;
  treatment of, in hydrophobia cases;
  not eaten, hunting wild pig with;
  belief concerning shedding of blood of;
  traits of;
  howling of;
  stump-tailed;
  folk-tale about;
  eaten by Mehalats

Dongiyak, basket designs interpreted by

Dreams, omens from

Dress, the Dayak;
  of Katingan women;
  of Kenyan women;
  of the Penyahbongs;
  mourning

Drinking, Kenyah and Malay manner of

Drums, in houses at Long Pahangei;
  blian's

Drunkenness rare among natives

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Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917Lumholtz, Carl

History

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

Cocks, annoyance caused by crowing of

Cocoanuts;
  plantations of;
  natives killed by falling

Coffin, making the;
  duplicate made of carved;
  Katingan name for;
  for second funeral;
  of the Long-Glats

Coins, used as ornaments

Collections, ethnographic, specimens added to

Colombo

Colour, skin;
  light, in black and brown races;
  hair

Communal houses

Cooking, in bamboo;
  by the Penyahbongs

Coolies, employed as paddlers

Cows, at Long Iram;
  sacrificed at funeral feast

Cradle, adorned with beads;
  customs regarding the

Crocodile;
  fight with a;
  not eaten;
  on Katingan River;
  kapala's brother eaten by;
  killing of;
  folk-tale about

Crow

Culm, Stewart

Cure of disease by natives


Daily life, of the Penyahbongs;
  of the Long-Glats

Damar, white

Dance, of the Murungs;
  of the blians;
  at the tiwah feast;
  war-dance;
  of blians at triennial feast;
  of the people at triennial feast

Dancing, of the Murungs;
  to attract good spirits;
  with masks;
  of the Duhoi;
  of the Katingans;
  at tiwah feast;
  on completion of Penyahbong house;
  at harvest festival

Dangei hut, the

Data Laong, village of;
  meaning of name;
  folk-lore from

Data Lingei, a one-night camp at

Dayaks, number of, in Borneo;
  extinction of, by Malays inevitable;
  safety enjoyed by;
  derivation of the word;
  name applied to all natives of Borneo except Malays and nomadic peoples;
  little drunkenness among;
  of Bulungan;
  manners of;
  few children of;
  ultimately must die out;
  food of;
  social classes among;
  the Kenyahs, the most capable of;
  Hindu influence among;
  physical superiority of;
  and Malays;
  characteristics of;
  customs of

De Weert, steamship

Dead, the, natives' fear of;
  guarded by kapatongs;
  guarded by statue of lovers.
  See also Funeral customs

Debtors, as slaves

Deer, the kidyang;
  Bornean method of hunting;
  along Busang River;
  mouse;
  fine specimen killed and eaten;
  cry of, at noon, an omen;
  folk-tales about;
  magic fluid possessed by;
  as food

Demmini, J., photographer;
  illness of;
  return of, to Batavia

Demum, a form of malaria

Designs, decorative

Diamond fields of Martapura

Disease, cure of, by natives;
  caused by malicious anto;
  tatu marks to prevent;
  natives' fondness for white man's remedies for;
  skin

Divorce among natives

Djangkang

Djelavat (Bornean fish)

Djobing, boatman

Djokjakarta

Djudjang, rattan gatherers' camp;
  arrival at

Dogs, Dayak, description of;
  augury concerning lost;
  treatment of, in hydrophobia cases;
  not eaten, hunting wild pig with;
  belief concerning shedding of blood of;
  traits of;
  howling of;
  stump-tailed;
  folk-tale about;
  eaten by Mehalats

Dongiyak, basket designs interpreted by

Dreams, omens from

Dress, the Dayak;
  of Katingan women;
  of Kenyan women;
  of the Penyahbongs;
  mourning

Drinking, Kenyah and Malay manner of

Drums, in houses at Long Pahangei;
  blian's

Drunkenness rare among natives

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917

Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917

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