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
Mohammedanism
Money (wang)
Money-box, the stealing of a
Monkeys: long-nosed;
food sacrifices to;
supposed to be able to swim;
saying of natives of Java concerning;
seen along Pembuang River;
as food;
along the Busang River;
figure of, to protect rice-field;
superstition concerning red;
tale of the cocoanut.
_See also_ Orang-utan _and_ Wah-Wah
Monogamy
Months, designated by numbers
Moon, native belief concerning;
tatu marks representing
Morning-glories
Mosque, wooden, at Sembulo
Mosquito-netting
Mosquitoes;
illness caused by sting of
_Motherless Boy, The_, folk-tale
Moths
Motor-boat, prahu towed by
Mountains of Borneo:
Kinabalu;
Gunong Rega;
first appearance of;
on Busang River;
crossing the Bukit;
Lung Karang;
seen from Batokelau;
canyon through;
Mountain of Images;
seen from Tumingki;
the stone man and the stone wife;
Muller
Mourning garments
Mouse-deer, capture of a;
superstition concerning
Moving-pictures shown to natives
Muara Laong
Muara Tewe, in
Muara Topu
Mud, taken from pool bottom
Muller mountains, home of the Penyahbongs
Murder, vendetta resulting from.
_See also_ Killing
Murungs, the, physical appearance of;
a stay among;
dance of;
dress of;
soldiers killed by;
filing of teeth by;
marriage customs of;
funeral customs of;
location of;
tatuing of;
customs regarding childbirth;
wooden images employed by;
belief of, concerning number and location of souls
Muruts, the
Musangs, tame
Museum, nucleus of, in Bandjermasin
Music, good spirits attracted by
Musical instruments: the drum;
the flute;
the jews'-harp;
the sapi;
the sarunai;
the shield;
trumpet;
folk-tale about
Mustaches
Nagah, good and evil spirit;
represented in decorative designs;
description of;
names given to, by different tribes
Nagasaki, western influence in
Nahamerang, village of
Names, in vogue among Katingans;
custom of changing
Naming of children
Nangca (fruit)
Napoleonic Wars, the
_Nasalis larvatus_
Natives of Borneo. _See_ Dayaks _and_ Tribes
Necklaces, bead;
made of stalks of plants;
on kapatongs
Negara
_Nepenthes_
Netherlands India, Governor-General of
New Guinea, securing men for expedition to;
fitting out of expedition to, interrupted by war;
omen bird heard at start of an expedition to
Newspapers, received at Long Kai
Nieuwenhuis, Dr. A.W.;
attempt to kill
Nipa palm
Nohacilat, aboriginal wearing apparel from
"Nokken," Norwegian superstition of the
Nomorunge, village of
Nose, in Long-Glat leave-taking
Nudity, chasteness of
Numbers, sacred
Nuncilao, village of
Nundun, the
Oatmeal
Obongbadjang, folk-tale about
Oeloe Soungei, district of
Oil, at Balik Papan
Oma-Gaai, Kayan sub-tribe
Oma-Lakan, the, Kayan sub-tribe
Oma-Lokvi, the
Oma-Palp, the;
festival of
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