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The pagan tribes of Borneo

McDougall, William

Charles Hose

1912
Social Life And Customs Material Culture Anthropometry

Chapter I Geography of Borneo 1

Chapter II History of Borneo 8

Chapter III General Sketch of the Peoples of Borneo 28

Chapter IV Material Conditions of the Pagan Tribes of Borneo 43

Chapter V The Social System 63

Chapter VI Agriculture 97

Chapter VII The Daily Life of a Kayan Long House 116

Chapter VIII Life on the Rivers 131

Chapter IX Life in the Jungle 143

Chapter X War 158

Chapter XI Handicrafts 193

Chapter XII Decorative Art 224

Chapter XIII Ideas of Spiritual Existences and the Practices Arising from Them 1

Chapter XIV Ideas of the Soul Illustrated by Burial Customs, Soul-Catching, and Exorcism 28

Chapter XV Animistic Beliefs Connected with Animals and Plants 51

Chapter XVI Magic, Spells, and Charms 115

Chapter XVII Myths, Legends, and Stories 136

Chapter XVIII Childhood and Youth of a Kayan 153

Chapter XIX The Nomad Hunters 177

Chapter XX Moral and Intellectual Peculiarities 194

Chapter XXI Ethnology of Borneo 223

Chapter XXII Government 257

Appendix The Physical Characters of the Races of Borneo. By A. C. Haddon 311

Index