IDNO

DG.101970.PAO

Description

A group of five girls and two boys sit on the wooden steps leading up to the doorway of Paka anak Otor’s wooden house in Kampung Benuk. The girls wear dresses, and the boys wear shorts. The girl sitting on the right of the middle step is Kena, Paka’s daughter; the boy sitting on the right of the lower step is possibly Kenid, Paka’s son.
The door and walls of the house are made of wooden planks. To the right is a washing and cleaning extension with a zinc roof and partitions. A long-sleeved shirt and another piece of clothing hangs from the washing line on the right. Beneath and around the washing line are potted plants and other garden foliage. [LC 28/8/2007]

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Bidayuh [historically Land Dayak]

Named Person

Kena anak Paka; ?Kenid anak Paka

Photographer

?Paka anak Otor

Collector / Expedition

Paka anak Otor

Date

circa 1970 - 1975

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 28/8/2007]