The home-life of Borneo head-hunters
by William Henry Furness
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About this eBook
- Author
- Furness, William Henry, 1866-1920
- Title
- The home-life of Borneo head-hunters : Its festivals and folk-lore
- Original Publication
- Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1902.
- 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
- Kenyah (Southeast Asian people)
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 71656
- Release Date
- September 15, 2023
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Untitled
- 2.PREFACE
- 3.CONTENTS
- 4.ILLUSTRATIONS.
- 5.THE HOME-LIFE OF BORNEO HEAD-HUNTERS ITS FESTIVALS AND FOLK-LORE
- 6.HOME-LIFE
- 7.CEREMONIES AT THE NAMING OF A CHIEF’S SON
- 8.EARLY TRAINING OF A HEAD-HUNTER
- 9.A WAR EXPEDITION
- 10.‘JAWA’ OR PEACE-MAKING
- 11.PERSONAL EMBELLISHMENT
- 12.PERMANTONG, OR LALI A BORNEAN SPECIES OF TABOO
- 13.THE PUNANS
- 14.TUBA-FISHING
- 15.FOOTNOTES
- 16.INDEX
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