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Penan men dancing for Kenyah tribe members
- Title (English):
- Penan men dancing for Kenyah tribe members
- 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_173
- Collection Number:
- 4516
- File Name:
- RMM04516_b15_v02_173.jpg
- Work Type:
- photographs
- Materials/Techniques:
- black-and-white photographs
- Subject:
- dancing
Kenyah
Long Lamai
Penan man
Ipet (music)
Penguman (food)
- Description:
- The photograph depicts a celebration (potentially for the Tamu) with Penan dancers and a Kenyah audience. The Penan male dance is a demonstration of how men hunt using blowpipes. An Atui, a two-person instrument, is played while the Pagang is danced. A Suprut (which can be made from any type of wood, but not a tree branch), used for celebration, hangs from the ceiling, while Penan Tavit/Tabit, made from rattan, hang in the back. They are usually used to carry wild boar, allowing the men to avoid getting blood on themselves. Today, the biggest festivals are Christmas and the Harvest Festival (which can be held at a flexible time in Long Lamai).
Person/people pictured from the Penan and/or Kenyah indigenous groups.
- Source:
- Image source: 'Penans of Sarawak' photobook by Hedda Morrison.
Metadata source: Franklin George, Garen Jengan, Kase Jengan, Taeng Jengan 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
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