tjupi

Updated: June 16, 2025

At first they were roaming in the mountains, though not conflicting with the Penyahbongs, and later settled in four kampongs which, beginning with the uppermost, at the time of my visit were: 1. Formerly the office of the chief, tjupi, was hereditary. When he became old he was succeeded by his son. The woman bears her child in the house, surrounded by women, her husband, and another man.

Carl Lumholtz - Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917