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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

Mahakam River, the;
  fish in;
  religious ideas on;
  arrival on;
  an excursion down;
  the rapids of;
  overflow of;
  Oma-Suling settlements on Upper;
  departure from region of Upper;
  Malay influence not extended to Upper;
  continuing the journey down;
  dry season on;
  rapid fall of;
  the tribes of;
  data from, concerning tribes

Mail, receipt of, in the jungle

Maize, cultivation of

Malaria

Malay, language, the;
  coolies, difficulty with

Malays, in Borneo, number of;
  influence of;
  pirates among;
  food sacrificed to monkeys by;
  of the Bulungan district;
  women and children of;
  food of;
  method of drinking water;
  revolution of;
  at Batu Boa;
  influence supreme on Barito River;
  a strike among;
  outfit of travelling;
  engaged in gathering rattan;
  head-hunting raids on;
  umbrellas carried by;
  not in Upper Mahakam region;
  use of cajuput oil by;
  at Pengaron;
  and Dayaks;
  house of;
  at Belimbing;
  in Negara;
  paint used by women;
  lower portions of great rivers populated by;
  influence of, on Kahayan and Kapuas Rivers;
  of Sembulo;
  influence of, shown in folk-tales;
  intelligence of;
  Dayaks being absorbed by

Mamberamo River, the, expedition on, recalled

Mancala (game), description of

Mandau, short sword

Mandin, village of

Mandumei, water of sea reaches

Mangosten (wild fruit)

_Manis_

Mansur, Dato

Map-making

Margasari, Hindu remains at

Marriage customs, of the Bukats;
  of the Bukits;
  of the Duhoi;
  of the Katingans;
  of the Long-Glats;
  of the Murungs;
  of Oma-Sulings;
  of Penihings;
  of Penyahbongs;
  of Punans;
  of Saputans

Marriage, unfaithfulness in;
  faithfulness in

Martapura, diamond-fields of;
  by canal to

Masks, dancing with;
  bought at Data Lingei

Massey, B.

Mata Punai, decorative design

Mats, making of;
  sleeping;
  designs on;
  made at Kuala Kapuas

McCann, Alfred W., formula of, for cure of diseases with vegetables

McDougall, Dr.

Measles

Meat, formerly eaten raw

Medicine, natives' fondness for white man's;
  gall of bear used as

Mehalats, the, customs of

_Melalevea leucodendron_

Men, physical appearance of;
  women outnumbered by;
  dressed as women;
  dress of blian;
  ear ornamentation of;
  restrictions concerning women, observed by;
  regulations observed by widowers;
  precautions taken by unmarried;
  mutilation of body by

Mendawei (Katingan) River, the, expedition to

Mendut, the temple of

Merasi River, the;
  an excursion up;
  the return journey on

Metsers, Lieutenant T.F.J.

Mexico, Indians of

Meyer, A.F.

Meyer, Mrs. A.F., collection of animals and birds of

Michielsen, Controleur W.J.;
  first European to visit Samba River;
  quoted, on the Ulu-Ots;
  blangas seen by;
  quoted, on Katingans

Milk, best kind for travel in the tropics

Mineral resources of Borneo;
  gold;
  iron

Missionaries, Protestant and Catholic, in Dutch Borneo

Modjopahit, founded by Hindus;
  fall of

Moerman, C.

_Mohaktahakam Who Slew an Antoh_, folktale

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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

Mahakam River, the;
  fish in;
  religious ideas on;
  arrival on;
  an excursion down;
  the rapids of;
  overflow of;
  Oma-Suling settlements on Upper;
  departure from region of Upper;
  Malay influence not extended to Upper;
  continuing the journey down;
  dry season on;
  rapid fall of;
  the tribes of;
  data from, concerning tribes

Mail, receipt of, in the jungle

Maize, cultivation of

Malaria

Malay, language, the;
  coolies, difficulty with

Malays, in Borneo, number of;
  influence of;
  pirates among;
  food sacrificed to monkeys by;
  of the Bulungan district;
  women and children of;
  food of;
  method of drinking water;
  revolution of;
  at Batu Boa;
  influence supreme on Barito River;
  a strike among;
  outfit of travelling;
  engaged in gathering rattan;
  head-hunting raids on;
  umbrellas carried by;
  not in Upper Mahakam region;
  use of cajuput oil by;
  at Pengaron;
  and Dayaks;
  house of;
  at Belimbing;
  in Negara;
  paint used by women;
  lower portions of great rivers populated by;
  influence of, on Kahayan and Kapuas Rivers;
  of Sembulo;
  influence of, shown in folk-tales;
  intelligence of;
  Dayaks being absorbed by

Mamberamo River, the, expedition on, recalled

Mancala (game), description of

Mandau, short sword

Mandin, village of

Mandumei, water of sea reaches

Mangosten (wild fruit)

_Manis_

Mansur, Dato

Map-making

Margasari, Hindu remains at

Marriage customs, of the Bukats;
  of the Bukits;
  of the Duhoi;
  of the Katingans;
  of the Long-Glats;
  of the Murungs;
  of Oma-Sulings;
  of Penihings;
  of Penyahbongs;
  of Punans;
  of Saputans

Marriage, unfaithfulness in;
  faithfulness in

Martapura, diamond-fields of;
  by canal to

Masks, dancing with;
  bought at Data Lingei

Massey, B.

Mata Punai, decorative design

Mats, making of;
  sleeping;
  designs on;
  made at Kuala Kapuas

McCann, Alfred W., formula of, for cure of diseases with vegetables

McDougall, Dr.

Measles

Meat, formerly eaten raw

Medicine, natives' fondness for white man's;
  gall of bear used as

Mehalats, the, customs of

_Melalevea leucodendron_

Men, physical appearance of;
  women outnumbered by;
  dressed as women;
  dress of blian;
  ear ornamentation of;
  restrictions concerning women, observed by;
  regulations observed by widowers;
  precautions taken by unmarried;
  mutilation of body by

Mendawei (Katingan) River, the, expedition to

Mendut, the temple of

Merasi River, the;
  an excursion up;
  the return journey on

Metsers, Lieutenant T.F.J.

Mexico, Indians of

Meyer, A.F.

Meyer, Mrs. A.F., collection of animals and birds of

Michielsen, Controleur W.J.;
  first European to visit Samba River;
  quoted, on the Ulu-Ots;
  blangas seen by;
  quoted, on Katingans

Milk, best kind for travel in the tropics

Mineral resources of Borneo;
  gold;
  iron

Missionaries, Protestant and Catholic, in Dutch Borneo

Modjopahit, founded by Hindus;
  fall of

Moerman, C.

_Mohaktahakam Who Slew an Antoh_, folktale

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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