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People carrying Bubut Nyateng (baskets) to trade at the Tamu
- Title (English):
- People carrying Bubut Nyateng (baskets) to trade at the Tamu
- Alternate Title:
- People loading or unloading baskets of items from boats
- 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_103
- Collection Number:
- 4516
- File Name:
- RMM04516_b15_v02_103.jpg
- Work Type:
- photographs
- Materials/Techniques:
- black-and-white photographs
- Subject:
- boat
tamu (barter trade)
Kenyah
- Description:
- The Penan refer to non-Penan people as "Ajang." The Ajang set meeting dates for trade during the Tamu, and often exchange items such as guns for rhino horns and monkey stones (Batu Nyakit). The boats were designed and built using knowledge from the Kenyah, and could be a key indicator of the time period. Materials harvested from the forest such as resin were transported in baskets for trade.
Person/people pictured from the Kenyah indigenous group.
- Notes:
- Belarek and Lugun would get two guns in exchange for ten Nyateng Bubut.
- Source:
- Image source: 'Penans of Sarawak' photobook by Hedda Morrison.
Metadata source: Wilson Bian Belare, Franklin George 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".
- Relationships:
- 25055930
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Archival Collection:
- Hedda Morrison photographs
- Box:
- 15
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
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