Saturday, 15 July 2023

Salt water ell at Ba Kelalan

At Ba Kelalan,the head of Trusan,there are several salt wells.The salt water is dipped out of the well and carried in lengths of bamboo to a shed where the water is boiled away in a large pots.Formerly,when access to the coast was difficult and dangerous,such salt wells were an important economic asset and the salt was traded over a wide area.The people there mostly  are from Murut people.


Photo by Hedda Morrison,Circa 1950's

 

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