Head-hunters

About this eBook

Author

Haddon, Alfred C. (Alfred Cort), 1855-1940

Title

Head-hunters, black, white, and brown

Original Publication

London: Methuen & Co., 1901.

Credits

Peter Becker and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

GN: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Anthropology

Subject

Kayan (Bornean people)

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 72861

Release Date

February 3, 2024

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.HEAD-HUNTERS BLACK, WHITE, AND BROWN
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
5. 5.LIST OF FIGURES IN THE TEXT
6. 6.LIST OF MAPS
7. 7.THE LOST LEGION
8. 8.HEAD-HUNTERS BLACK, WHITE, AND BROWN — CHAPTER I THURSDAY ISLAND TO MURRAY ISLAND
9. 9.CHAPTER II THE MURRAY ISLANDS
10. 10.CHAPTER III WORK AND PLAY IN MURRAY ISLAND
11. 11.CHAPTER IV THE MALU CEREMONIES
12. 12.CHAPTER V ZOGOS — DAUAR — WAIER
13. 13.CHAPTER VI VARIOUS INCIDENTS IN MURRAY ISLAND
14. 14.CHAPTER VII KIWAI AND MAWAITA
15. 15.CHAPTER VIII MABUIAG
16. 16.CHAPTER IX TOTEMISM AND THE CULT OF KWOIAM
17. 17.CHAPTER X DUGONG AND TURTLE FISHING
18. 18.CHAPTER XI MARRIAGE CUSTOMS AND STAR MYTHS — MARRIAGE CUSTOMS — STAR MYTHS — THE ORIGIN OF THE TAGAI CONSTELLATION — A DORGAI CONSTELLATION — SUN, MOON, AND NIGHT
19. 19.CHAPTER XII VISITS TO VARIOUS WESTERN ISLANDS — TUT — YAM — NAGIR — MURALUG
20. 20.CHAPTER XIII CAPE YORK NATIVES
21. 21.CHAPTER XIV A TRIP DOWN THE PAPUAN COAST
22. 22.CHAPTER XV THE HOOD PENINSULA
23. 23.CHAPTER XVI PORT MORESBY AND THE ASTROLABE RANGE
24. 24.CHAPTER XVII THE MEKEO DISTRICT — RORO. — MEKEO. — POKAO.
25. 25.Part II — CHAPTER XVIII JOURNEY FROM KUCHING TO BARAM
26. 26.CHAPTER XIX THE WAR-PATH OF THE KAYANS
27. 27.CHAPTER XX THE COUNTRY AND PEOPLE OF BORNEO — ( a ) THE GEOGRAPHICAL AND GEOLOGICAL FEATURES OF BORNEO — THE GEOLOGY OF THE “MOUNTAIN LAND” — THE GEOLOGY OF THE “HILL-LAND” — THE GEOLOGY OF THE PLAINS — THE GEOLOGY OF THE MARSHES — ( b ) A SKETCH OF THE ETHNOGRAPHY OF SARAWAK.
28. 28.CHAPTER XXI A TRIP INTO THE INTERIOR OF BORNEO
29. 29.CHAPTER XXII A TRIP INTO THE INTERIOR OF BORNEO—CONTINUED — A TRIP UP THE PATA
30. 30.CHAPTER XXIII NOTES ON THE OMEN ANIMALS OF SARAWAK — THE OMEN ANIMALS OF SARAWAK
31. 31.CHAPTER XXIV THE CULT OF SKULLS IN SARAWAK
32. 32.CHAPTER XXV PEACE-MAKING AT BARAM
33. 33.FOOTNOTES
34. 34.INDEX
35. 35.A CATALOGUE OF BOOKS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS OF METHUEN AND COMPANY PUBLISHERS: LONDON 36 ESSEX STREET W.C. — CONTENTS — Messrs. Methuen’s ANNOUNCEMENTS — Belles Lettres — Methuen’s Standard Library — Little Biographies — The Works of Shakespeare — The Little Library — Illustrated Books and Books for Children — The Little Blue Books for Children — History — Biography — Travel, Adventure and Topography — General Literature — Science — Theology — Oxford Commentaries — The Churchman’s Library — The Churchman’s Bible — The Library of Devotion — Leaders of Religion — Educational Books — Fiction — The Novelist — Methuen’s Sixpenny Library — A CATALOGUE OF Messrs. Methuen’s PUBLICATIONS — Poetry — Belles Lettres, Anthologies, etc. — Methuen’s Standard Library — The Works of Shakespeare — The Novels of Charles Dickens — Little Biographies — The Little Library — The Little Guides — Illustrated and Gift Books — History — Byzantine Texts. — Biography — Travel, Adventure and Topography — Naval and Military — General Literature — Philosophy — Science — Theology — Oxford Commentaries — Handbooks of Theology — The Churchman’s Library — The Churchman’s Bible — The Library of Devotion — Leaders of Religion — Fiction — University Extension Series — Social Questions of To-day — Classical Translations — Educational Books

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