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Benua, peninsular tribe, 234. 

 Berawan, tribe of Sarawak, 160, 171, 



271. 

 Betel, Piper betel, box, 22, 53, 54, 176. 

 juice for embalming, 189. 

 leaf 

 buried with body, 53-54, 190. 

 Ceremonial use of, 11, 30, 31, 

 53, 88, 89, 90, 92, 93, 103, 104- 

 113, 119-120, 151, 154, 165, 

 166, 168, 174, 175, 176. 177. 

 183, 184, 191, 192, 198, 229, 

 261. 

 Inferences to, 80, 117, 126, 188. 

 Ritual over, 80-81, 104, 153. 

 Spiritual essence of, 53. 

 Use of, in healing and charms, 

 196, 203, 218, 220, 231, 233. 

 Beyer, H. Otley, cited, 41, 45, 46. 47, 



71. 267, 279. 

 Bia, First born daughter of the Mona 

 called, 67. 



Noble lady of the myths called, 



69, 70, 7::. 

 Senora called, 199. 

 Biau nuts, 77, 100, 103, 139-140. 

 Bier, 189, 192. 

 Bikol tribe, 257. 

 Bila-an altar, 93, 173-174. 



tribe, 46, 105, lis. 126, 150, If,:,. 



185. 192, 242, 244. 250,254,256. 



Bile of serpents as medicine, 213,234. 



Bird, Blood of a, to anoint the sick, 



26C. 



dances. SO. 



Metaphorical reference to, 71. 

 Nc-i of a, as medicine, 226, 232. 

 Rain called by a, 71. 

 Birds, ;is omens, 27<>. Sec also Limokun. 

 Fabulous, 31, 40, 47, 74, 21 i-215, 



245, 274. 

 Souls of, 64. 

 Black d 213-214, 219-221. 



men at the door of the sun, 67. 

 river of the lower world. 54, 55, 

 56, 59. 

 Blacksmith, Shrine at forge of, 27. 

 Blair, Emma Helen and Robertson, 



James Alexander, cited, 4, 10. 16. 19 



22, 26, 28, 33, 34, 36, 37, 39, 41, 49 

 :.7. 58, 63, 66, 70, 80, 88, 92,95, lie. 

 162, 167, 169, 170, 171,175, 178, 179 

 185, 188, 189, 192, 193,206,217,220 

 221, 223, 246, 248, 250,251,252,253 

 254, 255, 256, 257, 258,259, 2) id, 261 

 262, 263, 264, 265, 266,267, 275, 276 

 279 (bibl.) 



Blood, Bia not of Bagobo, 199. 



feud, 10, 264. 



of a bird, 266. 



offered to a god, 11, 161, 169,241. 



Spitting of, 221. 

 Blumentritt, Ferdinand, cited, 16, 19, 



23, 29, 33, 37-38, 280 (bibl.) 

 Boas, Franz, references to, 134, 188, 



228, 277. 

 Boat, in Visayan rites, 63, 263. 



shaped dishes, 81, 104, 106. See 

 also under Leaf dishes. 

 Bobadilla, Diego de, S. J., cited, 57, 



259, 27-i-^7... '27'.i (bibl.) 

 Bohol island, 40, 170. 

 Bongat, a charm, 221, 

 Borneo, Myths and traditions of, 33, 

 :'.7. 45, 65. 



Rites ami sacrifices in, 160, 171. 



271. :27s. 

 Sultan of, 200. 

 Tabu on names in. 239. 

 Taking heads in, 160, 161, I7I.-J7I. 

 See also Sarawak. 

 Borrowing of material objects, is-j, 185. 

 of cultural elements ami myth, 



1 7::- 1 7'.. 256, 257, -277. 

 See also Diffusion. 

 Bourne, E. G., cited. 267. 

 Howls ami plates used in worship, 



sec Ceremonial dishes. 

 Boy. head bo.lv of, left in tin- bouse, 

 192. 

 White-haired, appears in dream, 

 249. 

 Boys, Ceremonial food tor. [38, 1 i0-141, 

 150. 

 I ligg ing si ick used by, 17.'!. 

 Filing teeti, of, 271. 



