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Manangism in Borneo
Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society • 19 • Published In 1887 • Pages: 87-103
By: Perham, John.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article deals with shamanism among the Iban. Included are data on the status and initiation of a shaman, the various types of curing ceremonies employed by the shaman, and beliefs about the causes of disease. Several pages of texts sung in curing ceremonies are included, and the Iban shaman is compared with others in the same area. Perham was one of the first missionaries to work with the Iban.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- 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.
- Missionary
- 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 R. Leary
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- ca. 1885
- 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. Perham
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ibans (Bornean people)