Sarawak (state)
Found in 285 Collections and/or Records:
Sarawak Government Agency Sydney Circulars: 2-3/43, 4/43, 6-9/43, 11/43., 1943-03-08 - 1944-01-01
This section includes archives received at a later date from Hugh Bryson and some items acquired directly by the Royal Commonwealth Society.
Sarawak Museum, Kuching, 1960s, 1960 - 1969
156 x 105 mm. General view of front façade.
Sarawak. Rural Improvement School, Kanowit, 1940 - 1959
125 x 116 mm. Showing a lesson in pig husbandry taking place under the supervision of a European instructor. The caption on the reverse reads 'Learning about pigs. At the end of their two year course the students are given a pair of pigs which they take home with them to start their own pig farm and to raise the standard of the breed'. It continues, at length, giving a brief history of the school.
Sea Dayak, 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.
Sea Dayak, 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.
Sea Dyak, 1900
103 x 146 mm. Half-length profile portrait of a long haired Sea Dyak warrior. This man, posed to show the tattooing on his arms and torso, also appears at the right of the group in Y3035A/55.
Sea Dyak, 1900
104 x 147 mm. Half-length, full-face portrait of a Sea Dyak woman. She wears a head dress and is dressed in the characteristic costume of hoops of rattan cane from which coin shaped ornaments hang. The woman also wears beaten metal bracelets from wrist to elbow of both arms.
Sea Dyak, 1900
103 x 147 mm. Head and shoulders profile portrait of a Sea Dyak man. He wears a headband and a necklace of metal bell-shaped ornaments. His hair is cropped in a short fringe to the ears and grows long at the back.
Sea Dyak cloth, showing the ‘hundred’ pattern, 1900
104 x 147 mm.
Sea Dyak coat worn by men, 1900
106 x 91 mm. Display of an embroidered Iban jacket.
Sea Dyak currency: gongs and jars, 1900
147 x 104 mm. Showing a row of labelled jars, with gongs in the foreground. Photograph probably taken in the Sarawak Museum.
Sea Dyak ear ornaments, 1900
77 x 96 mm. Display of Iban earrings.
Sea Dyak fiddles, 1900
97 x 84 mm. Display of four musical instruments.
Sea Dyak house in course of construction, 1900
147 x 104 mm. Showing the basic wooden structure of a Sea Dyak longhouse.
Sea Dyak woman, 1900
104 x 148 mm. Half length, full face portrait of a Dyak woman.
Sea Dyaks, 1900
148 x 104 mm. Group portrait of four Sea Dyak men and youths. All the figures wear hornbills’ feathers in their head dresses, the central warrior carrying in addition a spear and a shield tufted with the hair of slain enemies.
Sea Dyaks, 1900
103 x 74 mm.
Sea Dyaks cock fighting, 1900
148 x 103 mm. Showing two Dyaks seated facing each other with their birds held in front of each other.
Sibu, Sarawak, 1960
247 x 171 mm. Aerial view looking over the town of Sibu, with the Rajang River beyond. Sibu is situated in southern Sarawak 115 miles north-east of Kuching.
Sibuyaus of Lundu, 1900
148 x 103 mm. Group portrait of 21 men and women, the women seated on the ground in front of the men. The Sibuyau people form part of the Iban group in Hose’s classification.
Siduan baskets, 1900
148 x 104 mm. Display of woven and embroidered baskets.
Siduans playing on the nose flute and on a primitive stringed instrument, 1900
146 x 103 mm. Showing two men seated on a cane mat playing their instruments.
Simanggang, 1960
250 x 174 mm. View looking along the Lupar River at Simanggang, showing the landing stage and waterfront houses. Simanggang is situated 80 miles east-south-east of Kuching.
Skulls in a Kayan house, 1900
103 x 115 mm. Showing a row of skulls hanging from the rafters of a Kayan house, with men and children seated on the floor below.
Spinning the thread, 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.