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Penan family gathered around Gupta (latex) in the forest
- Title (English):
- Penan family gathered around Gupta (latex) in the forest
- Alternate Title:
- Eastern Penan man, woman and child in the forest
- 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:
- Sarawak, Malaysia
- ID Number:
- RMM04516_b15_v01_045
- Collection Number:
- 4516
- File Name:
- RMM04516_b15_v01_045.jpg
- Work Type:
- photographs
- Materials/Techniques:
- black-and-white photographs
- Subject:
- family
Penan youth
Penan man
Penan woman
trees
forest
plants
boat
Mulah (agriculture)
- Description:
- Gupta is formed from pure latex and looks like crystal. It is used by the Penan as a form of glue to coat and shield the sides of boats.
Person/people pictured from the Eastern Penan and/or Penan indigenous groups.
- Source:
- Image source: 'The Penan people along the Baram' photobook by Hedda Morrison.
Metadata source: Garen Jengan 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".
- Relationships:
- 25056895
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Archival Collection:
- Hedda Morrison photographs
- Box:
- 15
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
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