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Three Eastern Penan people in the forest carrying gupta (latex) in kivah (rattan baskets) for trade
- Title (English):
- Three Eastern Penan people in the forest carrying gupta (latex) in kivah (rattan baskets) for trade
- 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:
- 1955-1959
- Location:
- Sarawak, Malaysia
- ID Number:
- RMM04516_b15_v02_108
- Collection Number:
- 4516
- File Name:
- RMM04516_b15_v02_108.jpg
- Work Type:
- photographs
- Materials/Techniques:
- black-and-white photographs
- Subject:
- forest
tamu (barter trade)
travel
Eastern Penan
Penan man
Penan woman
Mulah (agriculture)
Murip paso (Nomadic way of life)
- Description:
- The photograph can be dated back to the nomadic period. The man is holding kivah (rattan baskets) containing nyato' and Ketipai, two forms of rubber (lupah pelep). These materials will be taken to the Tamu for barter trade, the last of which occurred in 1970-1971.
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, Stephen Bian Belare, Taeng Jengan 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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