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The natives of Borneo: edited from the papers of the late Brooke Low, Esq.
Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britian and Ireland • 21 • Published In 1892 • Pages: 110-137
By: Low, Hugh Brooke, Roth, H. Ling (Henry Ling).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The content of this article is based upon the fragmentary field notes of Brooke Low edited by H. L. Roth. The following topics are discussed in this paper which was intended to be the first of a series on Iban culture: religious beliefs and practices, the theory and treatment of disease, transvestitism, funeral rites and mourning customs, festivals, status of woman and her daily routine, marriage, child care, birth and suicide. It is entirely a descriptive account. For part two of this series see 5: Roth. Mr. Low was in the Sarawak government service from 1869 until his death in 1887.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Culture summary
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Iban
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1995
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southeast Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Robert Lee
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- No date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Sarawak, Malaysia
- NotesAdditional notes
- Edited by H. Ling Roth
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ibans (Bornean people)