Handbook to the ethnographical collections . Fig. 81.—Wooden shields, one decorated for war with human tribes, Borneo. marriages and funerals and the like, could be accomplished withoutthe taking of a head. In war the account of heads was carefullykept on both sides, and on making peace the accounts were balanced,if unequal, l^y monetary compensation. Tlie heads Av<re preservedas troi)hies and the successful warrior was allowed to assumea ])articular tatu. The antiquity of Javanese civilization cxjilains the presence of 11 2 100 ASIA two classes in the island, nuble and p
Handbook to the ethnographical collections . Fig. 81.—Wooden shields, one decorated for war with human tribes, Borneo. marriages and funerals and the like, could be accomplished withoutthe taking of a head. In war the account of heads was carefullykept on both sides, and on making peace the accounts were balanced,if unequal, l^y monetary compensation. Tlie heads Av<re preservedas troi)hies and the successful warrior was allowed to assumea ])articular tatu. The antiquity of Javanese civilization cxjilains the presence of 11 2 100 ASIA two classes in the island, nuble and plebeian, speaking diiierentdialects, that of the higher class Ijearing witness to the influenceof India on Javanese culture in the number of Sanskrit wordsit contains. The sultan is absolute monarch and is supported bya hierarchy of officials, the constitution of which suffered consider-able changes when the old illustrious Hindu kingdom of Majapahitwas conquered by the Mohammedans in1475. Small sultanates of regular orientaltype were est
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