Cornell University Library Digital Collections
Close-up of woman with large tekaléng and ameng (necklaces)
- Title (English):
- Close-up of woman with large tekaléng and ameng (necklaces)
- Collection:
- Perema: Digital Museum of Penan Culture
- Set:
- Penan Cultural Digital Museum
Penans of Sarawak
- Photographer:
- Morrison, Hedda
- Creation Date:
- 1955-1965
- Community Estimated Creation Date:
- 1950-1959
- Location:
- Sarawak, Malaysia
- ID Number:
- RMM04516_b15_v02_047
- Collection Number:
- 4516
- File Name:
- RMM04516_b15_v02_047.jpg
- Work Type:
- photographs
- Materials/Techniques:
- black-and-white photographs
- Subject:
- jewelry
Western Penan
Kenyah
portrait
- Description:
- The woman depicted in the photograph could be Western Penan. On the photo she is wearing avai (hanging earrings). It is a sign of brave woman, first class woman from prominent family in the community.
Person/people pictured from the Western Penan, Kenyah and/or Eastern Penan indigenous groups.
- 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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