Sarawak (state)
Found in 285 Collections and/or Records:
A Long Kiput Village, Baram District, 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 Maloh guitar, 1900
79 x 103 mm. As captioned.
A Murik, 1900
105 x 147 mm. Full length portrait of a Murik warrior in full dress. He wears a goat skin war coat and head dress and is poised in the act of drawing his sword from the scabbard.
A Murut head feast, 1900
148 x 104 mm. Showing a line of Murut women standing in a clearing in front of a row of flags on poles. The photograph was probably taken at the village of Lanchang.
A rapid on the Paran River, Rejang District, 1900
103 x 146 mm. View looking upriver along the rapids, with jungle on either bank.
A Rapid on the Raran River, Rejang District, 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 rapid on the Tutan River, and a boat in difficulties, 1900
147 x 102 mm. View looking up-river towards the rapids, with men attempting to haul a boat over the rocks.
A Sea Dayak Head Feast, 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 Sea Dyak, 1900
103 x 145 mm. Full length portrait of a Sea Dyak warrior carrying the preserved head of an enemy in either hand.
A Sea Dyak Chief, 1900
104 x 148 mm. Half-length profile portrait of an aged Sea Dyak wearing a woven jacket and turban-like head dress.
A Sea Dyak head feast, 1900
148 x 104 mm. Showing a group of women dancing with human heads held in their hands.
A Sea Dyak woman, 1900
103 x 146 mm. Full length face portrait of a Sea Dyak woman dressed in a skirt and jacket ornamented with shells.
A Sekapan grave, 1900
104 x 145 mm. Showing the tomb in a jungle clearing. The construction is in the form of a miniature house raised on piles above the ground and built from ornately carved and painted wood.
A Sibop village, Tinjar River, 1900
144 x 103 mm. View from across the river looking towards the longhouses of the village, set on a rise above the river bank.
A Tanjong woman, 1900
104 x 130 mm.
A track through the jungle, 1900
104 x 148 mm.
A Track through the Jungle, 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 tuba fishing on the Baram River, 1900
142 x 103 mm. Showing a group of dugouts gathered on the Baram River for a tuba fishing expedition. In these fishing parties roots of the tuba or derris plant are pulped with water and emptied into a fenced off section of river. This drives fish to the surface where they are speared.
Aban Deng, a Lonf Wat Chief, 1900
103 x 147 mm. Head and shoulders profile portrait of Aban Deng, the Chief of the Long Wat (Kelamantans) of the Baram District.
Administrative officer marking census in Iban longhouse, Sarawak [circa 1960], 1960
159 x 110 mm. As captioned.
An Orang Bukit girl, 1900
104 x 148 mm. Head and shoulders portrait of a Klemantan woman of the Baram District. See also Y3035A/126.
An Orang Bukit woman, 1900
148 x 103 mm. Half-length profile portrait of the woman seen in Y3035A/45.
An Orang Bukit Woman, 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.
Awat-awat, a Malay Fishing Village at the mouth of the Trusan, 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.
Awat-awat a Malay fishing village at the mouth of the Trusan River, 1900
148 x 103 mm. View from the jetty looking towards waterside houses raised on piles, with a long, slender launch in the foreground. Charles Hose stands amidships in this boat.