IDNO

DG.101885.PAO

Description

Two elderly men, Babai Punjo (left) and Babai Nasia (right), stand on the tanju (open gallery) of the longhouse at Kampung Benuk, posing for the camera. Both wear stagan (leopard teeth ritual necklaces worn by men) around their necks. Babai Punjo wears a short-sleeved collared shirt and trousers; Babai Nasia wears a short-sleeved collared shirt and shorts, and has a small bubut (rattan basket) lashed to his waist, probably containing a bamboo tobacco pipe.
The tanju is made of split bamboo slats lashed together crossways over a raised bamboo platform. On the left are the longhouse apartments, which share an awah (covered verandah), sloping zinc or attap roofs, and low split bamboo walls. On the right are smaller working huts owned by individual families.
An elderly man wearing a short-sleeved collared shirt and trousers, smoking a cigarette, and a child, stand by a bamboo wall to the left, looking at the camera.

Place

SE Asia Borneo; Malaysia; Sarawak; Penrissen; Kampung Benuk [Kampung Segu Bunuk]

Cultural Affliation

Bidayuh [historically Land Dayak]

Named Person

Babai Punjo; Babai Nasia

Photographer

?Paka anak Otor

Collector / Expedition

Paka anak Otor

Date

circa 1960 - 1970

Collection Name

Paka anak Otor Collection

Source

Paka anak OtorChua, Liana

Format

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Source: A selection of 185 prints from Paka anak Otor’s larger collection of approximately 500 prints was made by Liana Chua during fieldwork in Kampung Benuk, Sarawak, Malaysia, in 2005. The purchase of non-exclusive reproduction rights [RM 1845, £250] by the Museum to the family of Paka anak Otor [82 Kampung Benuk, Jalan Puncak Borneo, Kuching 93250, Sarawak, Malaysia], and digital copy photographs of the collection [RM 869, £125] were paid for by the Museum Acquisition Fund [£250] and part of a Crowther-Beynon grant [£125] for the collecting of Sarawak objects. The digital scans were made by Fung Huang Colour Photo Centre [153 Padungan Road, Kuching, Sarawak] in 2005. [Liana Chua 2/8/2007]

This catalogue record has been updated with the support of the Getty Grant Program Two. [Liana Chua 6/8/2007]