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Manang Jabing Anak Incham: a study of an Iban healer/Sarawak
D. Reimer • Berlin • Published In 1988 • Pages:
By: Pilz, Annemarie.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Social changes among the Iban are particularly notable in tribal structure and religion. In order to preserve what is left of the knowledge of traditional medicine, Pilz presents here a detailed study of shamanism (MANANGISM) as she observed it during her field work among the Iban in 1974. The author discusses the general role and function of the MANANG (shaman or healer), basing much of her data on the information provided by Manang Jabing Anak Incham who also was an informant for Benedict Sandin. The data presented here pertain to the initiation ceremonies of the MANANG, curing ceremonies and rituals, and various chants used in these performances. The text is illustrated with many excellent photographs showing the various curing ceremonies and shamanistic initiation rites.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Dwellings
- Literary texts
- Magical and mental therapy
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- Animism
- Eschatology
- Spirits and gods
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Revelation and divination
- Ethnozoology
- 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
- Book
- 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
- John Beierle
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1974 (p.11), follow-up 1979 (p. 9)
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1974 mostly
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Tarum longhouse, Sarawak, Malaysia
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Annemarie Pilz
- Map on p. 2 of cover
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ibans (Bornean people)