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Headhunters of Borneo
Designs from the Iban, Dayak, Kayan & Kenyah
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Headhunters of Borneo
Designs from the Iban, Dayak, Kayan & Kenyah
About this book
Describes the life and practises of the Borneo headhunters.
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Yes, you can access Headhunters of Borneo by Maarten Hesselt van Dinter, Mark Poysden in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Design & Decorative Arts. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
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Decorative ArtsIntroduction
Although Borneo was discovered early in the 16th century few attempts were made to explore and conquer the entire island. Not only were the waters surrounding it infested with pirates, but the interior was an impenetrable region of swamps, rivers and jungles teeming with snakes, tiger...
Table of contents
- Coverpage
- Map
- Introduction
- Colophon
- Iban warriors with head trophies, 1840
- Dayak warriors, 1871
- Kenyah warrior with decorated shield, 1952
- Kenyah warrior performing a headhunting-dance, 1952
- Shrunken and smoked heads of slain enemies, 1913
- Dayak in leopard skin on a headhunting raid, 1882
- Dayak warrior holding a shield adorned with the hair of slain enemies
- Chief of the Forest People, 1882
- Dayak warrior from Longwai, 1882
- Kahajan and Dusun-Dayak shields, Borneo, 1890
- Dayak shield of an Atjeh warrior, 1890
- Poenan Dayak warrior with skull trophies, 1882
- Statue placed after a succesful headhunting raid, 1881
- War-dance of the Lundu Dayaks, 1896
- Dayak war-dance, 1848
- Dayak warriors, 1870
- Dayak warrior with the slain head of an enemy, 1868
- Dayak preserved skull, 1848
- Decorated skulls from the east coast of Borneo, 1896
- Ngaju Dayak warrior of Borneo, 1880
- Saghai (Suku) Dayak, 1848
- Loondoo (Lundu) Dayak of Sarawak, 1848
- Illanoan (Malaysian origin) pirate, 1848
- Dayak headhunting trophies, 1894
- Dayak warrior holding a shield adorned with the hair of slain enemies
- Kayan warrior with shield decorated with human hair, 1896
- A Malay warrior with shield decorated with human hair, 1896
- Iban warrior, 1887
- Tattooed Dayak warriors, 1879
- Ngaju Dayak warriors, 1854
- Dayak warrior and a pirate, 1870
- Dayak women, 1870
- Tattooed Kenowit warrior, 1849
- Convict with murder tattooed on his forehead, 1848
- Dayak of the Punan tribe, 1894
- Sleeping Dayak warriors, 1881
- Iban boy receiving a bunga terong tattoo design, 1961
- Dayak men, 1961
- Iban man, 1960
- Iban man, 1896
- Ot Danum Dayak man, 1909
- Ukit tribesman, 1896
- Iban woodblock of a bunga terong design
- Iban woodblock of a throat design
- Kayan headhunter design, entegulun, 1912
- Kayan headhunter finger tattoo pattern, entegelun, 1989
- Kapuas river chest design for lower class men, 1912
- Peng (Pnihing) arm pattern for men, 1912
- Kelabit leg pattern, 1912
- Kelabit leg pattern for women, 1912
- Kapuas river flying squirrel design, 1912
- Longwai thigh tattoo design
- Ukit calf design, 1912
- Kahayan arm design for men, 1912
- Bakatan gerowit or throat design, 1912
- Iban frog design for the throat, 1912
- Iban throat design, 1902
- Iban throat design, 1902
- Kayan rosette or jalaut fruit, 1912
- Kayan rosette of jalaut fruit, 1912
- Iban rosette tattoo pattern, 1902
- Iban rosette tattoo pattern, 1902
- Kenyah rosette, 1905
- Berawan rosette tattoo design, 1905
- Kayan rosette or jalaut fruit, 1912
- Iban chest design, 1912
- Iban double dog design, 1912
- Iban two dog’s heads facing right and left, 1905
- Kenyah dog design, 1902
- Kenyah hook design, 1912
- Kenyah jaws of the centipede, 1912
- Kenyah hook design, 1912
- Kenyah crab design, 1912
- Kenyah crab design, 1902
- Kayan prawn design, 1905
- Iban dog’s Head with no teeth, 1905
- Kenyah finger patterns, 1968
- Kenyah finger patterns, 1968
- Iban lukut for on the top of the shoulder, 1902
- Iban wrist design, cotton spinner, 1902
- Kayan hornbill, 1912
- Long Glat hornbill, 1912
- Kenyah leg pattern, 1968
- Kayan tegulun human face design, 1968