Sarawak (state)
Found in 285 Collections and/or Records:
A Bakatan, 1900
104 x 147 mm. Three-quarter length portrait of an aged Bakatan man wearing a loin cloth and skull cap. According to Hose’s classification the Bakatan are a sub-group of the central group of the Klemantan group.
A Bakatan girl, 1900
103 x 147 mm. Half-length portrait of a Bakatan girl, a tribe classified according to Hose’s groupings as a sub-group of the central group of the Klemantan types.
A Brunei gong, 1900
73 x 98 mm.
A Chinese temple, Kuching, 1904 - 1910
As captioned.
A Chinese temple, Kuching, 1904 - 1910
Showing the entrance to the temple, a single storey building with ornately decorated roof ridges.
A garden in Kuching : Moirs garden, 1904 - 1910
View looking along a tree-shaded path in a Kuching garden.
A house in Kuching, Sarawak, 1904 - 1910
General view of a European house in Kuching, a two storey building with a colonnaded verandah on the ground floor. The verandah on the floor above is shaded with cane blinds.
A Kajaman girl, 1900
103 x 147 mm. Full length portrait of a Kajaman girl wearing a long skirt, a decorated fez-like hat and long pendant earrings.
A Kalabit smithy, 1900
148 x 104 mm. Showing four men metalworking in the open air. The figure on the left is seated on a raised platform to work the bellows which are in the form of two cylinders through which pistons are driven, the air being expelled through two narrow pipes at the bottom. A second figure holds the metal in the flame, while the remaining two men work the metal with stone hammers.
A Kayan and a Sea Dyak, 1900
102 x 147 mm. Full length portrait of a Kayan and a Sea Dyak standing side by side.
A Kayan girl, 1900
105 x 147 mm. Full length portrait of a Kayan girl standing in front of longhouses.
A Kayan obtaining fire by the friction of a cane thong against a piece of soft wood, 1900
147 x 103 mm. Showing a Kayan man holding the wood against the ground with his feet while he rubs the cane thong against it. A group of men and women seated on the floor watches him.
A Kayan woman carrying her child in a sling, 1900
104 x 147 mm. Full length portrait in profile of a woman with a wooden cradle slung on her back.
A Kelamantan of the Baram, 1900
103 x 148 mm. Half-length profile portrait of a Kelamantan youth, with headband and hairstyle similar to Y3035A/65.
A Kenyah girl dancing, 1900
148 x 104 mm. Showing a Kenyah girl, dressed in a slit skirt and the round, decorated, fez- like hat, dancing on a mat, with a musician playing a guitar- like instrument and an audience of youths in the background.
A Kenyah girl dancing, 1912
Glass plate slides to illustrate a talk given by Cunynghame to the Royal Scottish Geographical Society. A transcript of the lecture, comprising a title page and 58 pages of text, is stored at RCMS 63/22.
A Kenyah hunter, 1900
103 x 146 mm. Showing a Kenyah man standing in the jungle with a spear in one hand and a small pig slung over his shoulder.
A Kenyah hunter, 1912
Glass plate slides to illustrate a talk given by Cunynghame to the Royal Scottish Geographical Society. A transcript of the lecture, comprising a title page and 58 pages of text, is stored at RCMS 63/22.
A Kenyah smithy, 1912
Glass plate slides to illustrate a talk given by Cunynghame to the Royal Scottish Geographical Society. A transcript of the lecture, comprising a title page and 58 pages of text, is stored at RCMS 63/22.
A Land Dyak Chief, Upper Sadong River, 1900
104 x 147 mm. Half length portrait of an aged chief.
A land Dyak who insisted on being photographed in a red plush Chinese hat and Chinese trousers, Tabekang, Ulu Sadong, 1904 - 1910
Full length portrait.
A Lirong, 1900
104 x 146 mm. Full length portrait of a Lirong warrior striking an aggressive pose. The broad shouldered war coat is similar to that seen in Y3035A/78.
A Lirong girl, 1900
103 x 148 mm. Half-length full face portrait of a Lirong girl wearing heavy earrings and a decorated cap.
A Lirong Girl, 1912
Glass plate slides to illustrate a talk given by Cunynghame to the Royal Scottish Geographical Society. A transcript of the lecture, comprising a title page and 58 pages of text, is stored at RCMS 63/22.
A Long Kiput village, Baram District, 1900
147 x 103 mm. View looking across a river towards the long houses of the village.
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