IDNO

DG.102037.PAO

Description

Aerial view of Kampung Benuk, set amid jungle foliage.
The longhouse consists mainly of a series of raised apartments that share a bamboo slat tanju (open gallery) and awah (covered verandah). Each apartment has its own sloping roof: some are made of thatched attap and others of zinc. The main batang (‘branch’, section) of the longhouse curves gently round to the left; on the right are a number of small offshoot batang. The old panggah (meeting and ritual house), with its conical attap roof, can be seen at the juncture of two batang on the right.
On the left are several clusters of detached houses with zinc roofs, and clumps of foliage and small garden areas. A large path runs almost parallel to the longhouse on the other side of the village on the left, leading to the hill on which Paka anak Otor’s house stands.
The river (unseen) runs along the bottom and right-hand sides of the frame.

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Bidayuh [historically Land Dayak]

Named Person

Photographer

Royal Malayan Airforce

Collector / Expedition

Paka anak Otor

Date

5 October 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 and another photograph (dated 5-1-70) were taken by the Royal Malayan Airforce, Kuala Lumpur, probably as part of a larger aerial survey. [Liana Chua 10/9/2007]

This catalogue record has been updated with the support of the Getty Grant Program Two. [Liana Chua 10/9/2007]