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Western Penan man sitting on the ground making takéng (sheath)
- Title (English):
- Western Penan man sitting on the ground making takéng (sheath)
- 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:
- 1970-1979
- Location:
- Sarawak, Malaysia
- ID Number:
- RMM04516_b15_v02_087
- Collection Number:
- 4516
- File Name:
- RMM04516_b15_v02_087.jpg
- Work Type:
- photographs
- Materials/Techniques:
- black-and-white photographs
- Subject:
- Parang
Penan man
Kerja Ojoo' (handicrafts)
- Description:
- The photograph can be dated to the settlement period. The object pictured might be a parang (dagger, bush knife or machete), takéng (sheath). The man is not Eastern Penan, and might be Western Penan, as he is not wearing any Selungan bracelets on his arms and legs.
Person/people pictured from the Western Penan indigenous group.
- Source:
- Image source: 'Penans of Sarawak' photobook by Hedda Morrison.
Metadata source: Garen Jengan, Gayut Lim and the Penan community of Long Lamai.
- Cite As:
- Hedda Morrison photographs, #4516. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
- Related Work:
- An alternate printing of this image in "The Penan people along the Baram" is available as an "additional view".
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Archival Collection:
- Hedda Morrison photographs
- Box:
- 15
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
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