IDNO

DG.101939.PAO

Description

A boy wearing a short-sleeved shirt and shorts and carrying a busok (small woven rattan basket) walks along a path leading to the jungle and farming area, probably on the outskirts of Kampung Benuk.
On either side of the path are raised wooden buildings with sloping thatched attap roofs and split bamboo walls, probably farming huts. Banana trees line the path. Behind the trees on the left can be seen part of a slightly raised bamboo drying platform, with a pile of raw materials, possibly pepper or cocoa, resting on a white sheet atop it.
Further back, the path becomes gently sloping, bounded on both sides by low wooden or bamboo fences which partition off individual plots. In the background is a sharply-rising mountain slope covered in thick jungle.

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 24/8/2007]