Book
Iban way of life: a translation from Tusun Pandiau
Borneo Literature Bureau • Kuching • Published In 1976 • Pages:
By: Benedict Sandin.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Benedict Sandin presents a sketch of the Iban's way of life from cradle to grave in the pre-contact traditional culture of his people (p. 3). Some of the salient features of Iban ethnography discussed in the text refer to: pregnancy and childbirth, childhood ceremonies related to naming and first bathing, socialization processes, puberty, marriage, in-law relationships, etiquette, weaving, farming, recreation, sickness, and death.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Cereal agriculture
- Oratory
- Literary texts
- Naming
- Status, role, and prestige
- Visiting and hospitality
- Arranging a marriage
- Nuptials
- Parents-in-law and children-in-law
- Siblings-in-law
- Burial practices and funerals
- Mourning
- Ceremonial during infancy and childhood
- Transmission of cultural norms
- Transmission of skills
- Puberty and initiation
- 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
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 'olden days' p. [3]
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Sarawak, Malaysia
- NotesAdditional notes
- written by Benedict Sandin
- Translation from Tusuan Pandiau
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 78941789
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ibans (Bornean people)