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Kenyah girl wearing headgear and clothing made from bark and carrying gaweng on her back in the forest during the war period
- Title (English):
- Kenyah girl wearing headgear and clothing made from bark and carrying gaweng on her back in the forest during the war period
- 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:
- 1942-1945
- Location:
- Sarawak, Malaysia
- ID Number:
- RMM04516_b15_v01_050
- Collection Number:
- 4516
- File Name:
- RMM04516_b15_v01_050.jpg
- Work Type:
- photographs
- Materials/Techniques:
- black-and-white photographs
- Subject:
- jewelry
clothing
Kenyah
Kayan
children
- Description:
- This photograph was taken sometime during World War II, during which there was no barter trading (trade resumed in 1946 and lasted until 1972). The girl is Kenyah and is not wearing a rattan bangle. If the headgear is made of rattan, it would be of Kenyah or Kayan origin. The bag is Penan, while the use of tree bark as pants indicates that they were still in the forest. Gaweng (a particular type of basket with no drawstring) is made of rattan. Kenyah or Kanyah don't usually travel to the forest, they usually stay by the riverside.
Person/people pictured from the Kenyah 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".
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Archival Collection:
- Hedda Morrison photographs
- Box:
- 15
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
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