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Article: Rules of inheritance and transfer of land by the Iban of Sarawak: land as an intergenerational resource.(RESEARCH NOTES)
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- Borneo Research Bulletin
- Article date:
- January 1, 2007
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Introduction
This paper aims to describe rules of inheritance and transfer of land by the Iban, a native group in Sarawak, and to examine Iban concepts of natural resource management. Fieldwork was conducted mainly in one longhouse, although 14 others were visited for comparison.
Rules are examined by reference to a number of cases, including land inheritance from parents to children, land transfers upon divorce, and transfers upon remarriage. The findings of this paper are: the Iban recognize two types of land: 'new land' (tanah baru) and 'old land' (tanah lama) and in many longhouses land inheritance follows rules that are more systematic than reported ...