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The westward migration of the Sea Dayaksarticle 1956 • Benedict Sandin
Iban • Asia > Southeast Asia
This article is a reconstruction of Iban migratory movement from southeastern Borneo across the mountains down to the South China Sea. It is based upon native folklore and genealogies collected by Sandin, who is a descendant of a noble Iban family an...The Sea Dayaks of BorneoBook 1967 • Benedict Sandin
Iban • Asia > Southeast Asia
Benedict Sandin, an Iban and an ethnologist, tells the story of the Iban people from the time of their initial migrations into Sarawak territory, roughly fifteen generations ago, to the days of the Brooke administration (ca. 1841) when Western-style ...Iban way of lifeBook 1976 • Benedict Sandin
Iban • Asia > Southeast Asia
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, c...Iban adat and auguryBook 1980 • Benedict Sandin & Sather, Clifford
Iban • Asia > Southeast Asia
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, econ...