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Boats carrying people and cargo on the Baram River
- Title (English):
- Boats carrying people and cargo on the Baram River
- Collection:
- Perema: Digital Museum of Penan Culture
- Set:
- Penan Cultural Digital Museum
The Penan people along the Baram
- Photographer:
- Morrison, Hedda
- Creation Date:
- 1950-1985
- Location:
- Baram River, Sarawak, Malaysia
- ID Number:
- RMM04516_b15_v01_002
- Collection Number:
- 4516
- File Name:
- RMM04516_b15_v01_002.jpg
- Work Type:
- photographs
- Materials/Techniques:
- black-and-white photographs
- Subject:
- river
boat
travel
- Description:
- The Penan use boats to carry people and goods as it is a faster means of transportation and has a large carrying capacity. Time period uncertain, but could be identified using the type of boat shown.
Person/people pictured from the Penan indigenous group.
- Source:
- Image source: 'The Penan people along the Baram' photobook by Hedda Morrison.
Metadata source: Franklin George and the Penan community of Long Lamai.
- Cite As:
- Hedda Morrison photographs, #4516. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Archival Collection:
- Hedda Morrison photographs
- Box:
- 15
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
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