IDNO

DG.101934.PAO

Description

Paka anak Otor stands in a provision shop, possibly that belonging to his father, Otor anak Sunjam, carrying a busok (small woven rattan basket) filled with ?vegetables under his right arm, and holding a cigarette in his left hand. He wears a short-sleeved brown shirt and trousers.
The shop has wooden plank walls and a door, a sloping wood-shingle or thatched attap roof, and a concrete floor. Items for sale are clustered around and suspended from a central wooden post and beams in the centre. These include rectangular tins of oil, eggs, sugar and bananas. Many are in Chinese packaging, reflecting their sources in Chinese bazaars.
Around the walls are wooden shelves and cabinets filled with other items for sale, including tinned food, sauces, beer bottles and plastic jars of sweets. In one corner is a narrow ladder consisting of notches cut into a single wooden pole.

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Bidayuh [historically Land Dayak]

Named Person

Paka anak Otor

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

Paka anak Otor

Date

circa 1960 - 1980

Collection Name

Paka anak Otor Collection

Source

Paka anak OtorChua, Liana

Format

Print Colour

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 24/8/2007]