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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

Fruits of Borneo;
  the durian;
  the lansat;
  the nangca;
  the rambutan;
  eaten by fish

Fuji, Mount, height of

Funeral customs, the second funeral feast;
  the pantar;
  the panyanggaran;
  the sapundo;
  souls of animals presented to soul of deceased;
  a child's funeral;
  of the Bukats;
  of the Bukits;
  of the Duhoi;
  of the Katingans;
  of the Kenyahs;
  of the Long-Glats;
  of the Murungs;
  of the Oma-Sulings;
  of the Penihings;
  of the Penyahbongs;
  of the Punans;
  of the Saputans

Funeral house;
  model of a raja's

Furniture, European, natives desirous of securing


Games: for children;
  top-spinning;
  mancala;
  played at beginning and end of year

Garrison, in Apo Kayan;
  at Long Iram;
  at Long Kai;
  at Long Nawang;
  at Puruk Tjahu, ill

German missionaries

Gibbon (man-like ape)

Glit River, the

Gnats

Go Hong Cheng, interpreter

Goat, at times an antoh

Goitre

Gold;
  of Barito River country;
  hunting for, on Busang River;
  in Samba and Braui Rivers;
  on Katingan River;
  not used by Penyahbongs

Gompul

Governor-General of Netherlands India

Grass, in the jungle

Grasshoppers

Grijson, H.J.

_Grotius_, Dutch steamer

Guitar, a native

Gunong, camp

Gunong Porok, village of, folk-lore from

Gunong Rega, height of


Haddon, Doctor A.C.

Hageman, Captain J.J.M., on character of the Dayak

Hair, removal of body;
  on body, resembling orang-utan;
  colour of head;
  parasites in;
  mustaches;
  beards;
  worn cut, by Duhoi;
  shaving of forehead;
  cut from head and placed in tree;
  arrangement of women's

Harelip

Harvest, paddi;
  festival

Hawk, worship of;
  a tame

Head-hunters, song of;
  seen on board steamer;
  meeting an imaginary attack of;
  food of

Head-hunting, measures taken by Dutch government to eradicate;
  among various tribes;
  religious fanaticism incentive to;
  a recent raid;
  description of a raid;
  customs regarding the practice of;
  omens concerning;
  the purposes of;
  Captain Hageman quoted concerning;
  effect of, on disposition of natives;
  kapatongs of prime importance in;
  rice-throwing before;
  folktale about;
  principal weapon used in;
  Dayaks incited to by Malays;
  of the Bukats;
  not practised by Bukits;
  of Duhoi chief;
  of the Duhoi and Katingans;
  raids of the Ibans;
  of the Kenyahs;
  discontinued by Ot-Danums;
  of the Punans;
  of the Ulu-Ots

Head ornament, women's

Heat, intense, in jungle

Hens, sacrificed at rubber gatherers' feast;
  sacrificed at wedding;
  sacrificed at funeral;
  hung in bags at night;
  chickens eaten by

Hindu Javanese, first settlers in Borneo;
  kingdoms founded by;
  absorbed by Malays

Hinduism of first settlers in Borneo

Hindus, in South Africa;
  antiquities of, found in Borneo;
  brass statue;
  influence of, among Dayaks

Hoang Tshirao, village of

Honesty, of natives

Honey, native methods of gathering

Hong Seng, Chinese merchant

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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

Fruits of Borneo;
  the durian;
  the lansat;
  the nangca;
  the rambutan;
  eaten by fish

Fuji, Mount, height of

Funeral customs, the second funeral feast;
  the pantar;
  the panyanggaran;
  the sapundo;
  souls of animals presented to soul of deceased;
  a child's funeral;
  of the Bukats;
  of the Bukits;
  of the Duhoi;
  of the Katingans;
  of the Kenyahs;
  of the Long-Glats;
  of the Murungs;
  of the Oma-Sulings;
  of the Penihings;
  of the Penyahbongs;
  of the Punans;
  of the Saputans

Funeral house;
  model of a raja's

Furniture, European, natives desirous of securing


Games: for children;
  top-spinning;
  mancala;
  played at beginning and end of year

Garrison, in Apo Kayan;
  at Long Iram;
  at Long Kai;
  at Long Nawang;
  at Puruk Tjahu, ill

German missionaries

Gibbon (man-like ape)

Glit River, the

Gnats

Go Hong Cheng, interpreter

Goat, at times an antoh

Goitre

Gold;
  of Barito River country;
  hunting for, on Busang River;
  in Samba and Braui Rivers;
  on Katingan River;
  not used by Penyahbongs

Gompul

Governor-General of Netherlands India

Grass, in the jungle

Grasshoppers

Grijson, H.J.

_Grotius_, Dutch steamer

Guitar, a native

Gunong, camp

Gunong Porok, village of, folk-lore from

Gunong Rega, height of


Haddon, Doctor A.C.

Hageman, Captain J.J.M., on character of the Dayak

Hair, removal of body;
  on body, resembling orang-utan;
  colour of head;
  parasites in;
  mustaches;
  beards;
  worn cut, by Duhoi;
  shaving of forehead;
  cut from head and placed in tree;
  arrangement of women's

Harelip

Harvest, paddi;
  festival

Hawk, worship of;
  a tame

Head-hunters, song of;
  seen on board steamer;
  meeting an imaginary attack of;
  food of

Head-hunting, measures taken by Dutch government to eradicate;
  among various tribes;
  religious fanaticism incentive to;
  a recent raid;
  description of a raid;
  customs regarding the practice of;
  omens concerning;
  the purposes of;
  Captain Hageman quoted concerning;
  effect of, on disposition of natives;
  kapatongs of prime importance in;
  rice-throwing before;
  folktale about;
  principal weapon used in;
  Dayaks incited to by Malays;
  of the Bukats;
  not practised by Bukits;
  of Duhoi chief;
  of the Duhoi and Katingans;
  raids of the Ibans;
  of the Kenyahs;
  discontinued by Ot-Danums;
  of the Punans;
  of the Ulu-Ots

Head ornament, women's

Heat, intense, in jungle

Hens, sacrificed at rubber gatherers' feast;
  sacrificed at wedding;
  sacrificed at funeral;
  hung in bags at night;
  chickens eaten by

Hindu Javanese, first settlers in Borneo;
  kingdoms founded by;
  absorbed by Malays

Hinduism of first settlers in Borneo

Hindus, in South Africa;
  antiquities of, found in Borneo;
  brass statue;
  influence of, among Dayaks

Hoang Tshirao, village of

Honesty, of natives

Honey, native methods of gathering

Hong Seng, Chinese merchant

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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