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Ibans setting Traps for Pheasants and small Mammals.

From The Pagan Tribes of Borneo by Haddon, Alfred C. (Alfred Cort)

Klieng, too, may become any one of five beasts, namely, the python, the maias, the crocodile, the bear, or the tiger, and it is for this reason that Ibans seldom kill these animals.

From The Pagan Tribes of Borneo by Haddon, Alfred C. (Alfred Cort)

The Ibans regard it with some awe, and it seems probable that it has formerly played some part in magical procedures.

From The Pagan Tribes of Borneo by Haddon, Alfred C. (Alfred Cort)

A large number of the ancestors of the present Ibans were probably brought to Borneo from Sumatra less than two hundred years ago.

From The Pagan Tribes of Borneo by Haddon, Alfred C. (Alfred Cort)

Three such invasions may be distinguished as of principal importance: that of the Kayans in the south and perhaps in the south-east, of the Muruts in the north, and of the Ibans in the south-west.

From The Pagan Tribes of Borneo by Haddon, Alfred C. (Alfred Cort)