Through Central Borneo An Account Of Two Years' Travel In The Land Of The Head-Hunters Between The Years 1913 And 1917 By Carl Lumholtz
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When Children Are Small They Are Carried On The Backs Of Their Mothers In
A Kind Of Cradle, The Outside Of Which Is Often Elaborately Adorned With
Beads.
The chief in Long Pelaban had one, the value of which I computed to
be two thousand florins.
The choicest beads are very old and have been
kept for centuries in Borneo. Some are thought to be of Venetian origin,
while others resemble a Roman variety. It is very difficult to induce the
Dayaks to sell any of these, which they guard as precious heirlooms and
the value of which they fully realize. According to Hose and McDougall,
the wife of a rich chief in Sarawak may possess old beads to the value of
thousands of pounds.
CHAPTER IX
HYDROPHOBIA - FUNERAL CEREMONIES - AT A PADDI HARVEST - ANOTHER TUBA-FISHING
EXPEDITION - THE CHARM OF PRIMITIVE MAN - INTERESTING CEREMONIES - ON
HEAD-HUNTING GROUND
Hydrophobia was raging at Long Pelaban, and during my stay one man and
seven children were bitten. For religious reasons the Dayaks do not like
to kill dogs, so in cases like this the canines that are ill are caught,
their legs are tied together, and they are thrown into the water to die
without being killed. Over forty were disposed of in this way. I saw one
of the hydrophobia victims standing in the water as if alive, a little of
the back showing above the surface.
The sounding of a gong one day signified the death of a woman.
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