The Berawan of Central Borneo have an unusual culture surrounding death. Funeral rights are extremely complex and define who is dead and who is not in ways unfamiliar to many other cultures. In this book, the first full length study of the subject, Metcalf, a distinguished anthropologist, seeks to explain practices that have baffled travellers from the earliest times.275 pages. With some black and white photos, a bibliography and index. Near Fine Hardback in a Very Good Dust Jacket. First Edition

Weight: 0.8kg. Post free within Malaysia

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, 1982

Condition: The dust jacket has a little rubbing around the edges and a small tear at the back The book itself looks new apart from faint marks on part of the text block