IDNO

DG.101886.PAO

Description

View of the back section of one batang (branch) of the longhouse at Kampung Benuk, showing a series of connected open-air bamboo drying platforms built behind each individual apartment. A pair of children lean over the low bamboo fence of the platform nearest the camera.
The longhouse has a large triangular thatched attap roof and gable. The gable-end facing the camera has been turned into a small extension with split bamboo walls. The drying platforms have bamboo slat floors and low bamboo ‘fences’ on all sides. A long, narrow ladder consisting of notches cut into a single wooden plank rests against the end of the drying platform facing the camera, leading up to it. A clothes line hangs over each of the drying platforms.
On the right can be seen another batang of the longhouse, mostly with thatched attap roofs, and possibly one zinc roof. Beyond it, in the background, are coconut trees and a mountain.
The ground around the longhouse is mostly covered in thick grass and other foliage.

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Bidayuh [historically Land Dayak]

Named Person

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]