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Eastern Penan woman wearing a cloth skirt, dancing in a Kenyah house during the Tamu in the nomadic period
- Title (English):
- Eastern Penan woman wearing a cloth skirt, dancing in a Kenyah house during the Tamu in the nomadic period
- 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_177
- Collection Number:
- 4516
- File Name:
- RMM04516_b15_v02_177.jpg
- Work Type:
- photographs
- Materials/Techniques:
- black-and-white photographs
- Subject:
- dancing
clothing
hut
Kenyah
Long Lamai
Penan woman
- Description:
- The woman in the photograph is named Obong Ingan, and she passed away in 2016 at the age of 116. Her father also lived for over a hundred years, and she comes from a family of unusually long lifespans. She appears to be dancing in a Kenyah house, as the motifs in the background indicate. Her descendants still live in Long Lamai today, and her house still stands in the village, although 50-60% of her life was spent in the nomadic period.
Person/people pictured from the Eastern Penan indigenous group.
- Source:
- Image source: 'Penans of Sarawak' photobook by Hedda Morrison.
Metadata source: Garen 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
- Rights:
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