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Two Eastern Penan men facing each other, boo'uvut during the Sago process
- Title (English):
- Two Eastern Penan men facing each other, boo'uvut during the Sago process
- 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_050
- Collection Number:
- 4516
- File Name:
- RMM04516_b15_v02_050.jpg
- Work Type:
- photographs
- Materials/Techniques:
- black-and-white photographs
- Subject:
- sago
Mulah (agriculture)
- Description:
- Boo'uvut is the process of testing whether enough flour can be extracted from sago palm. You make a cut to extract the pulp, a small bit.
Person/people pictured from the Eastern Penan indigenous group.
- Source:
- Image source: 'Penans of Sarawak' photobook by Hedda Morrison.
Metadata source: 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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