Book
Iban adat and augury
Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia for School of Comparative Social Sciences • [george Town] Penang • Published In 1980 • Pages:
By: Benedict Sandin, Sather, Clifford.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This work is divided into two major parts. In the first part of this study the author describes the main elements of traditional Iban ADAT (customary law) as they apply to individuals in their relationship to others, to marriage and family life, economic undertakings, major life crises, and important ritual and ceremonial occasions (p. ix). The second part of this document deals with the more restricted practices of augury or the interpretation of various types of omens, especially in regard to birds and other animals. This section presents long lists of omens and their interpretation by the Ibans. In addition to the two main themes of this work other aspects of Iban ethnology are discussed -- death and mourning, life cycle events (e.g., birth, socialization processes, puberty, etc.), weaving, traditional pastimes, and dance and music.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Cereal agriculture
- Status, role, and prestige
- Household
- Community structure
- Community heads
- Informal in-group justice
- Inter-community relations
- Legal norms
- Sanctions
- Mourning
- Cult of the dead
- Mythology
- Spirits and gods
- Revelation and divination
- 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 TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Indigenous Person
- 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
- '…much of my lifetime…' p. ix
- 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)
- Saribas, Sarawak, Malaysia
- NotesAdditional notes
- Benedict Sandin ; introduction by Clifford Sather
- Bibliography: p. 149-151
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ibans (Bornean people)