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An Eastern Penan woman carrying Sago for filtration
- Title (English):
- An Eastern Penan woman carrying Sago for filtration
- 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_062
- Collection Number:
- 4516
- File Name:
- RMM04516_b15_v02_062.jpg
- Work Type:
- photographs
- Materials/Techniques:
- black-and-white photographs
- Subject:
- sago
Mulah (agriculture)
- Description:
- The Sago filtration process has three stages. The woman pictured in the photograph is carrying Jaan, a carpet used for filtering the Sago. Firstly, the Papah, or unprocessed Sago, is placed on the Ja'an. In the second stage, Tikan, or water from the Papah, is extracted. Then, the wet Apo (Sago flour) is collected on the Tabau. The Apo is usually cooked before being eaten.
Person/people pictured from the Eastern Penan indigenous group.
- Source:
- Image source: 'Penans of Sarawak' photobook by Hedda Morrison.
Metadata source: Toréng Giak 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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