
The Manóbos of Mindanáo / Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir
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- MEMOIRS
- OF THE
- NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
- VOLUME XXIII
- FIRST MEMOIR
- UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON : 1931
- MEMOIRS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
- VOLUME XXIII
- FIRST MEMOIR
- THE MANÓBOS OF MINDANÁO
- JOHN M. GARVAN
- THE MANÓBOS OF MINDANÁO
- JOHN M. GARVAN
- CONTENTS
- PART I. DESCRIPTIVE
- CHAPTER I CLASSIFICATION AND GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF MANÓBOS AND OTHER PEOPLES IN EASTERN MINDANÁO
- EXPLANATION OF TERMS
- GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE MANÓBOS IN EASTERN MINDANÁO12
- THE MAMÁNUAS, OR NEGRITOS, AND NEGRITO-MANÓBO HALF-BREEDS
- THE BANUÁONS
- THE MAÑGGUÁÑGANS
- THE MANSÁKAS
- THE DEBABÁONS
- THE MANDÁYAS
- THE MOROS
- THE BILÁNS22
- THE TAGAKAÓLOS
- THE LÓAKS OR LÓAGS
- THE CONQUISTAS OR RECENTLY CHRISTIANIZED PEOPLES
- THE BISÁYAS OR CHRISTIAN FILIPINOS
- CHAPTER II PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND GENERAL APPEARANCE OF THE MANÓBOS OF EASTERN MINDANÁO
- PHYSICAL TYPE
- RACIAL AND TRIBAL AFFINITIES
- PHYSICAL TYPE OF CONTIGUOUS PEOPLES
- PHYSICAL APPEARANCE AS MODIFIED BY DRESS AND ORNAMENTATION
- CHAPTER III A SURVEY OF THE MATERIAL AND SOCIOLOGICAL CULTURE OF THE MANÓBOS OF EASTERN MINDANÁO
- GENERAL MATERIAL CULTURE
- GENERAL SOCIOLOGICAL CULTURE
- CHAPTER IV RELIGIOUS IDEAS AND MENTAL CHARACTERISTICS IN GENERAL
- A BRIEF SURVEY OF RELIGION
- MENTAL AND OTHER ATTAINMENTS AND CHARACTERISTICS
- PART II. GENERAL MATERIAL CULTURE
- CHAPTER V THE MANÓBO HOME
- IN GENERAL
- MOTIVES THAT DETERMINE THE SELECTION OF THE SITE
- RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES CONNECTED WITH THE ERECTION OF A HOUSE
- STRUCTURE OF THE HOUSE
- THE FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT OF THE HOUSE
- THE UNDERPART AND THE ENVIRONMENT OF THE HOUSE
- ORDER AND CLEANLINESS OF THE HOUSE
- CHAPTER VI DRESS
- GENERAL REMARKS.
- THE MAN'S DRESS
- THE WOMAN'S DRESS
- CHAPTER VII PERSONAL ADORNMENT
- GENERAL REMARKS
- HAIR AND HEAD ADORNMENT
- NECK AND BREAST ORNAMENTS
- ARM AND HAND ORNAMENTATION
- KNEE AND ANKLE ADORNMENTS
- BODY MUTILATIONS
- CHAPTER VIII ALIMENTATION
- FIRE AND ITS PRODUCTION
- LIGHTING
- CULINARY AND TABLE EQUIPMENT
- VARIOUS KINDS OF FOOD
- THE PREPARATION AND COOKING OF FOOD
- FOOD RESTRICTIONS AND TABOOS
- MEALS
- CHAPTER IX NARCOTIC AND STIMULATING ENJOYMENTS
- DRINKS USED BY THE MANÓBOS
- DRINKING
- TOBACCO PREPARATION AND USE
- THE BETEL-NUT MASTICATORY
- CHAPTER X MEANS OF SUBSISTENCE
- AGRICULTURE
- HUNTING
- TRAPPING
- FISHING
- CHAPTER XI WEAPONS AND IMPLEMENTS
- INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
- OFFENSIVE WEAPONS
- DEFENSIVE WEAPONS
- AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS
- FISHING IMPLEMENTS
- HUNTING IMPLEMENTS
- CHAPTER XII INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES
- DIVISION OF LABOR
- MALE INDUSTRIES IN DETAIL
- FEMALE INDUSTRIES IN DETAIL
- PART III. GENERAL SOCIOLOGICAL CULTURE
- CHAPTER XIII DOMESTIC LIFE AND MARITAL RELATIONS
- ARRANGING THE MARRIAGE
- MARRIAGE AND MARRIAGE CONTRACTS
- MARRIED LIFE AND THE POSITION OF THE WIFE
- RESIDENCE OF THE SON-IN-LAW AND THE BROTHER-IN-LAW SYSTEM
- CHAPTER XIV DOMESTIC LIFE: PREGNANCY, BIRTH, AND CHILDHOOD
- DESIRE FOR PROGENY
- BIRTH AND PREGNANCY TABOOS
- ABORTION
- THE APPROACH OF PARTURITION
- ACCOUCHEMENT AND ENSUING EVENTS
- POSTNATAL CUSTOMS
- BIRTH ANOMALIES
- CHAPTER XV DOMESTIC LIFE--MEDICINE, SICKNESS, AND DEATH
- MEDICINE AND DISEASE
- SICKNESS AND DEATH
- CHAPTER XVI SOCIAL ENJOYMENTS
- INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
- VOCAL MUSIC
- DANCING
- CHAPTER XVII POLITICAL ORGANIZATION: SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT AND SOCIAL CONTROL
- CLANS
- THE CHIEF AND HIS POWER
- THE WARRIOR CHIEF3
- THE WARRIOR CHIEF IN HIS CAPACITY AS CHIEF
- THE WARRIOR CHIEF AS PRIEST AND MEDICINE MAN
- CHAPTER XVIII POLITICAL ORGANIZATION: WAR, ITS ORIGIN, INCEPTION, COURSE, AND TERMINATION
- MILITARY AFFAIRS IN GENERAL
- THE ORIGIN OF WAR
- INCEPTION OF WAR
- THE ATTACK
- EVENTS FOLLOWING THE BATTLE
- THE RETURN OF THE WARRIORS
- AMBUSHES AND OTHER METHODS OF WARFARE
- PEACE26
- CHAPTER XIX POLITICAL ORGANIZATION: GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE; CUSTOMARY, PROPRIETARY, AND LIABILITY LAWS
- GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS
- GENERAL PRINCIPLES
- CUSTOMARY LAW
- PROPRIETARY LAWS AND OBLIGATIONS
- LAWS OF CONTRACT
- THE LAW OF DEBT
- INTEREST, LOANS, AND PLEDGES
- LAWS OF LIABILITY
- CHAPTER XX POLITICAL ORGANIZATION: CUSTOMS REGULATING DOMESTIC RELATIONS AND FAMILY PROPERTY; PROCEDURE FOR THE ATTAINMENT OF JUSTICE
- FAMILY PROPERTY
- RULES OF INHERITANCE
- RULES GOVERNING THE RELATIONS OF THE SEXES
- CRIMES AND THEIR PENALTIES
- CUSTOMARY PROCEDURE
- DETERMINATION OF GUILT
- ENFORCEMENT OF THE SENTENCE
- CHAPTER XXI POLITICAL ORGANIZATION: INTERTRIBAL AND OTHER RELATIONS
- INTERTRIBAL RELATIONS
- INTERCLAN RELATIONS
- EXTERNAL COMMERCIAL RELATIONS
- INTERNAL COMMERCIAL RELATIONS
- SLAVE TRADE AND SLAVES
- PART IV. RELIGION
- CHAPTER XXII GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF MANÓBO RELIGION AND NATURE AND CLASSIFICATION OF MANÓBO DEITIES
- INTRODUCTORY
- GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF RELIGION
- GENERAL CHARACTER OF THE DEITIES
- CLASSIFICATION OF DEITIES AND SPIRITS The following is a general classification of Manóbo deities and spirits.
- NATURE OF THE VARIOUS DIVINITIES IN DETAIL
- CHAPTER XXIII MALEFICENT SPIRITS
- THE ORIGIN AND NATURE OF MALIGNANT DEMONS
- METHODS OF FRUSTRATING THEIR EVIL DESIGNS
- THE "TAGBÁNUA" OR LOCAL FOREST SPIRITS
- WORSHIP OF THE FOREST SPIRITS
- CHAPTER XXIV PRIESTS, THEIR PREROGATIVES AND FUNCTIONS
- THE BAILÁN OR ORDINARY MANÓBO PRIESTS
- THE BAGÁNI OR PRIESTS OF WAR AND BLOOD
- CHAPTER XXV CEREMONIAL ACCESSORIES AND RELIGIOUS RITES
- GENERAL REMARKS
- THE PARAPHERNALIA OF THE PRIEST
- RELIGIOUS RITES
- METHOD OF PERFORMANCE
- CHAPTER XXVI SACRIFICES AND WAR RITES
- THE SACRIFICE OF A PIG
- RITES PECULIAR TO THE WAR PRIESTS
- INVOCATION OF THE OMEN BIRD10
- THE TAGBÚSAU'S FEAST
- HUMAN SACRIFICE13
- CHAPTER XXVII DIVINATION AND OMENS
- IN GENERAL
- MISCELLANEOUS CASUAL OMENS
- DIVINATION BY DREAMS
- DIVINATION BY GEOMETRICAL FIGURES
- DIVINATION BY SUSPENSION AND OTHER METHODS
- DIVINATION BY SACRIFICIAL APPEARANCES
- ORNITHOSCOPY
- CHAPTER XXVIII MYTHOLOGICAL AND KINDRED BELIEFS
- THE CREATION OF THE WORLD
- CELESTIAL PHENOMENA
- THE STORY OF THE IKÚGAN,5 OR TAILED MEN, AND OF THE RESETTLEMENT OF THE AGÚSAN VALLEY
- GIANTS
- PECULIAR ANIMAL BELIEFS
- CHAPTER XXIX THE GREAT RELIGIOUS MOVEMENT OF 1908-1910
- THE EXTENT OF THE MOVEMENT
- REPORTED ORIGIN AND CHARACTER OF THE REVIVAL
- SPREAD OF THE MOVEMENT
- ITS EXTERIOR CHARACTER AND GENERAL FEATURES
- THE PRINCIPAL TENETS OF THE MOVEMENT
- RELIGIOUS RITES
- THE REAL NATURE OF THE MOVEMENT AND MEANS USED TO CARRY ON THE FRAUD
- THE END OF THE MOVEMENT
- SIMILAR MOVEMENTS IN FORMER YEARS
- APPENDIX
- HISTORICAL REFERENCES TO THE MANÓBOS OF EASTERN MINDANÁO
- FROM 1875 TO 1910
- METHODS ADOPTED BY THE MISSIONARIES IN THE CHRISTIANIZATION OF THE MANÓBOS
- THE SECRET OF MISSIONARY SUCCESS
- EXPLANATION OF PLATES
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