IDNO

DG.101988.PAO

Description

Paka anak Otor, wearing a white shirt and shorts, sits on a grassy mound in front of a large ?colonial bungalow, posing for the camera.
The bungalow is a raised whitewashed wooden building with sloping wood-shingled or zinc roofs and large rectangular windows. It is surrounded by a lawn with tall ?coconut and other trees growing on it.

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Bidayuh [historically Land Dayak]

Named Person

Paka anak Otor

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

Paka anak Otor

Date

circa 1955 - 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]

Context: Paka anak Otor occasionally travelled to other parts of what is now Malaysia at the invitation of acquaintances in the army or others who had visited him and his family in Kampung Benuk. This photograph may have been taken on one such visit to West Malaysia, or elsewhere in Sarawak. [Liana Chua 29/8/2007]

This catalogue record has been updated with the support of the Getty Grant Program Two. [Liana Chua 29/8/2007]