Cornell University Library Digital Collections
Three Eastern Penan women looking into the distance
- Title (English):
- Three Eastern Penan women looking into the distance
- Collection:
- Perema: Digital Museum of Penan Culture
- Set:
- Penan Cultural Digital Museum
The Penan people along the Baram
- Photographer:
- Morrison, Hedda
- Creation Date:
- 1955-1965
- Community Estimated Creation Date:
- 1950-1959
- Location:
- Lio Matoh, Sarawak, Malaysia
- ID Number:
- RMM04516_b15_v01_023
- Collection Number:
- 4516
- File Name:
- RMM04516_b15_v01_023.jpg
- Work Type:
- photographs
- Materials/Techniques:
- black-and-white photographs
- Subject:
- jewelry
Penan woman
Long Kerong
portrait
- Description:
- Dated to the mid-1950s, this photograph was taken in Lio Matoh and depicts Franklin George's grandmother on his father's side (Ulan Belait) from Long Kerong in the middle, surrounded by two other Penan women. The woman on the right was the first woman to receive formal schooling in Lio Matoh, in a school set up by a missionary. At this time, no proper Penan settlement existed.
Person/people pictured from the Eastern Penan indigenous group.
- Source:
- Image source: 'The Penan people along the Baram' photobook by Hedda Morrison.
Metadata source: Franklin George (grandson of the woman in the middle), Garen Jengan, Toréng Giak and the Penan community of Long Lamai.
- Cite As:
- Hedda Morrison photographs, #4516. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
- Related Work:
- An alternate printing of this image in "Penans of Sarawak" is available as an "additional view".
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Archival Collection:
- Hedda Morrison photographs
- Box:
- 15
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- Cornell University holds the copyright to this item and provides access to this item for research and personal use. The written permission of any copyright and other rights holders is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use that extends beyond what is authorized by fair use and other statutory exemptions. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item. Inquiries regarding reproductions of and/or permissions to use this item may be sent to rareref@cornell.edu.
