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The family system of the Iban of Borneo

developmental cycle in domestic groups (1)Published In 1958 • Pages: 15-52

By: Freeman, Derek.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This paper concerns the BILEK family among the Iban. Material is given on the composition of the group, the principles of recruitment into it, and the means by which partition of one BILEK family into two occurs.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Household
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
essay
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.
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
James Leary
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1949-1951
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
J. D. Freeman
Data on the BILEK family have been indexed for Household (592)
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Ibans (Bornean people)