The Headman was a Woman: The Gender Egalitarian Batek of Malaysia, Band 1

activities adults animal baby bamboo rats barkcloth baskets Batek culture Batek Teh Batek women behavior blood blowpipe hunting boys camp-group child climbed cloth collecting rattan conjugal family cooking couple darts digging sticks divorce economic egalitarian societies example fish food-getting foraging forest produce fruit gadoŋ gaharu gender concepts gender egalitarian girls Gobar headman honey hunters hunting and gathering husband Instances JHEOA Ju/'hoansi K.M. Endicott Kampung Macang Kelantan Kirk Langsat lawac lean-to Lebir River living logging Malaysia marriage married married couples mats meat menstruation monkeys mother moved nomadic obtained older Orang Asli Pahang Paliyan palm pandanus parents Penghulu person play poison Post Lebir prohibitions rainforest rice rituals roles Semang shamans shared shelters siblings social sometimes spouse streams superhuman TAMAN NEGARA Tanyogn Tembeling River Terengganu thatch tigers Tohan took trade trees tubers upper Lebir usually vine wife wild tubers wives woman young