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The religion of the IfugaoBook 1946 • Barton, Roy Franklin
Ifugao • Asia > Southeast Asia
Roy F. Barton (1883-1947) spent more than a decade living with the Ifugao. He first went to the Philippines in 1906. Two years later he was appointed Supervising Teacher of Ifugao Subprovince, and he held this position until 1916, when he returned to...Ifugao lawBook 1919 • Barton, Roy Franklin
Ifugao • Asia > Southeast Asia
In this source Barton examines the 'sources of Ifugao law and its present status of development,' after which he sets forth the law itself. His codification is divided into three major sections, entitled, respectively, 'The Family Law, ' 'The Propert...Ifugao economicsBook 1922 • Barton, Roy Franklin
Ifugao • Asia > Southeast Asia
In this study Barton surveys Ifugao economy. After briefly describing the environment, he discusses native subsistence techniques, and then analyses Ifugao socioeconomic organization (in three chapters entitled 'The Organization of Agriculture,' 'Lab...The half-way sunBook 1930 • Barton, Roy Franklin
Ifugao • Asia > Southeast Asia
This source deals mainly with the experiences of the author while teaching school in the pagan districts of Northern Luzon. Barton, while not yet a trained ethnologist, was a gifted observer of native peoples and has written extensively on the pagan ...Philippine pagansBook 1938 • Barton, Roy Franklin
Ifugao • Asia > Southeast Asia
Barton has here compiled a book that, while not organized like the usual ethnography, is nevertheless very useful, for it is organized by his three informants and thus presented according to Ifugao ideas rather than our own. Digressions in these auto...The mythology of the IfugaosBook 1955 • Barton, Roy Franklin
Ifugao • Asia > Southeast Asia
In this source, Barton analyzes various aspects of Ifugao mythology. In Part I, he discusses the function of myth in Ifugao ritual, the form, style and literary attributes of the myth and the classification and affiliations of principal Ifugao myth m...The harvest feast of the Kiangan Ifugaoarticle 1911 • Barton, Roy Franklin
Ifugao • Asia > Southeast Asia
This is a short article describing the harvest feast of the Kiangan Ifugao. Descriptions of various Ifugao spirits are included along with a brief explanation of the Ifugao conception of the universe....The use of myth as magic among the mountain tribes of the Philippinesarticle 1935 • Barton, Roy Franklin & Kunitz, Joshua
Ifugao • Asia > Southeast Asia
This source contains the texts of a considerable body of Ifugao myths. Barton demonstrates the Ifugao use of these myths in sympathetic magic. The author attempts to correlate different types of magic with social organization. Accordingly, the Ifugao...An Ifugao burial ceremonyarticle 1911 • Beyer, H. Otley (Henry Otley) & Barton, Roy Franklin
Ifugao • Asia > Southeast Asia
This article describes in detail the 'munhimung' burials of the Ifugao in the Central Ifugao and Kiangan areas of northern Luzon. This series of ceremonies was held for beheaded bodies and bodies of persons killed by hereditary enemies (suppressed by...