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Eastern Penan man wearing Selungan and playing the Keloré
- Title (English):
- Eastern Penan man wearing Selungan and playing the Keloré
- 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_118
- Collection Number:
- 4516
- File Name:
- RMM04516_b15_v02_118.jpg
- Work Type:
- photographs
- Materials/Techniques:
- black-and-white photographs
- Subject:
- jewelry
musical instruments
Eastern Penan
selungan
Ipet (music)
- Description:
- The Keloré is a musical instrument made from Oreng, Bolo (bamboo) and Tabo. It is unique to the Eastern Penan culture and is used to play music whenever one feels happy. A Ha' ipet is a song played by lovers to each other to record and remind themselves of happy memories.
Person/people pictured from the Eastern Penan indigenous group.
- Source:
- Image source: 'Penans of Sarawak' photobook by Hedda Morrison.
Metadata source: Gayut Lim, 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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