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Young girl sitting cross-legged in a cloth skirt, looking to her left
- Title (English):
- Young girl sitting cross-legged in a cloth skirt, looking to her left
- Collection:
- Perema: Digital Museum of Penan Culture
- Set:
- Penan Cultural Digital Museum
Penans of Sarawak
- Photographer:
- Morrison, Hedda
- Creation Date:
- 1955-1965
- Location:
- Sarawak, Malaysia
- ID Number:
- RMM04516_b15_v02_019
- Collection Number:
- 4516
- File Name:
- RMM04516_b15_v02_019.jpg
- Work Type:
- photographs
- Materials/Techniques:
- black-and-white photographs
- Subject:
- clothing
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Kenyah
- Description:
- According to Garen Jengan, the house she is sitting in does not resemble that of Penan construction (unless the photo was taken in recent times), but rather Kenyah. The can behind her was used to store tobacco.
Person/people pictured from the Kenyah indigenous group.
- Source:
- Image source: 'Penans of Sarawak' 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.
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Archival Collection:
- Hedda Morrison photographs
- Box:
- 15
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
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