An account of the wild tribes inhabiting the Malayan peninsula, Sumatra and a few neighbouring islands, with a journey in Johore and a journey in the Menangkabaw states of the Malayan peninsula

By

Favre, Pierre Etienne Lazare, 1812-1887

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

Paris, Imperial Printing-Office, 1865

Notes

The author gives an account of the wild tribes inhabiting the Malay Peninsula and his impressions and observations during his visit to Johore and the Menangkabaw states. The tribes he described are divided into three principal classes. First, are those who inhabited the interior of Sumatra and neighbouring islands, including the Battas. Second, are the Semangs, found in the northern region of Malaysia. Third, are the many tribes in the southern part of the Peninsula extending as far as Singapore, known by the term Jakuns. He discusses their origins, physical appearance and constitution, social life and customs, population and places of habitation, etc.

Subjects

Civilization , Malays (Asian people) , Malaysia , Social life and custom , Sumatra (Indonesia)

BHL Collections

BHL Singapore

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.96932
OCLC: 967233