IDNO

DG.101937.PAO

Description

A boy wearing shorts and a girl wearing a short dress, possibly Kenid and Bungit anak Paka, stand on a wooden plank bridge with bamboo ‘railings’ in a farming area in the jungle, posing for the camera. The girl carries an empty loose-weave basket around her head on a strap.
Behind them, at the foot of a hill covered in heavy jungle, is a farm hut: a rectangular building with split bamboo walls and a triangular thatched attap roof.

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Bidayuh [historically Land Dayak]

Named Person

?Kenid anak Paka; ?Bungit anak Paka

Photographer

?Paka anak Otor

Collector / Expedition

Paka anak Otor

Date

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 24/8/2007]