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Eastern Penan people in a hut on stilts in Long Kepang
- Title (English):
- Eastern Penan people in a hut on stilts in Long Kepang
- Collection:
- Perema: Digital Museum of Penan Culture
- Set:
- Penan Cultural Digital Museum
Penans of Sarawak
- Photographer:
- Morrison, Hedda
- Creation Date:
- 1955-1965
- Location:
- Long Kepang, Sarawak, Malaysia
- ID Number:
- RMM04516_b15_v02_083
- Collection Number:
- 4516
- File Name:
- RMM04516_b15_v02_083.jpg
- Work Type:
- photographs
- Materials/Techniques:
- black-and-white photographs
- Subject:
- Penan hut
Eastern Penan
Long Kepang
Ngeleboo’ (Penan hut)
Mulah (agriculture)
- Description:
- The photograph can be dated to the early settlement period, during which the Penan began cultivating paddy. During this time, the Penan referred to people from more developed areas as "Orang Lebor." The roof of the hut is made from Jaum, a type of paddy also used to wrap rice. It is indicative of Penan. The wall is made from Sang, or dried leaves. The word "daun" can be used for both leaves and trees. The man in the center is carrying a "ga'ong."
Person/people pictured from the Eastern Penan indigenous group.
- Source:
- Image source: 'Penans of Sarawak' photobook by Hedda Morrison.
Metadata source: Garen Jengan, 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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