Book
The Sea Dayaks of Borneo: before white rajah rule
MacMillan & Co. Ltd. • London • Published In 1967 • Pages:
By: Benedict Sandin.
Abstract
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 written records began. The material presented here is based entirely on oral histories obtained from family genealogies (TUSUT), on oral literature (e.g., the PENGAP or songs sung by Iban bards during major GAWAI or festivals), and from accounts given by native informants. Much of this work, as noted above, deals with the early migrations of the Iban and with their relationships to the populations of the areas into which the Iban moved. In addition to data on warfare, this book provides numerous brief biographical sketches of some of the outstanding leaders in Iban traditional history. An appendix at the end of this work presents the detailed genealogies of thirty Iban families.
- HRAF PubDate
- 1995
- Region
- Asia
- Sub Region
- Southeast Asia
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Types
- Ethnologist
- Indigenous Person
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle
- Field Date
- ca. 1947-1967 (p.ix)
- Coverage Date
- Pre-contact
- Coverage Place
- Sarawak, Malaysia
- Notes
- Benedict Sandin ; with a preface by Tom Harrisson and an introduction by Robert M. Pringle
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCSH
- Ibans (Bornean people)