Photo of 2 kayan men with their traditional attire

 Photo of 2 kayan men with their traditional attire.Photographic Plates taken by Dr. John Hewitt in Sarawak. 1905 - 1908.

Kelabit girl gossiping in one of the inner rooms

 At Bario,in the heart of Kelabit country,a group of Kelabit girl gossiping in one of the inner rooms.There is little privacy in longhouse life at the best of times but ecspecially in this the case in Kelabit houses where  there are no walls between the various family r the rooms.Like the Muruts,the kelabits girl wear head caps but a slightly different pattern.

Photo by Hedda Morrison,circa 1950's

A Murut girl prepare palm leaf thatch for her longhouse

 A Murut girl prepare palm leaf thatch for her longhouse.There is no ironwood in the Murut country and thatch must be made either from a form of jungle palm or  from wooden shingles which are not a true hardwood and only have a short life.

Photo by Hedda Morrisson,circa 1950's

A Kayan woman carries a child on her back

 A Kayan woman carries a child on her back.Circa early 1900's.

Kayan men from Sungai Rejang around 1900

 Kayan men from Sungai Rejang around 1900's

Lun Bawang woman at church wedding at Buduk Nur, Ba'Kelalan.

 Lun Bawang woman at church wedding at Buduk Nur, Ba'Kelalan. These woman are part of the village bamboo with their distinctive and treasured Lun Bawang Head and necklaces

Tom Harrisson from Sarawak Museum taking photo with group of Kelabit people

 Tom Harrisson from Sarawak Museum taking photo with group of Kelabit people from Bario,Circa 1950's,taken from Christine Horn Thesis

Lepu Pohuns (Klemantans ) of Tinjar River

 Lepu Pohuns (Klemantans ) of Tinjar River

Tom Harrison taking photograph with members of the Kelabit communities

 Tom Harrison taking photograph with members of the Kelabit communities.Tom Harrison is the Curator of Sarawak Museum,Circa 1950's.From "Christine Horn Thesis"

Group of Kenyah family

 Group of Kenyah family showing Jaba Busan,Lalleng Ugang Ubung balan Jala,Keyong and Urien Langat of Long Tejoi. 

From Christine Horn Thesis.Circa 1956.

Kelabit eating party

 An essential item in the party is an immense feast of rice and stewed beef.One Kelabit divides up the food and hands is out  to the girls for distribution.A woman passes a pannikin of rice beer and one guest has jammed a bone  in his mollars.And when the meal is over the serious drinking will go steadily forward until dawn the next day or perhaps the dawn the next day or even the dawn after that!

Photo by Hedda Morrison,circa 1950's

Anyi wan from Long Laput with heirloom artifacts

 Anyi wan from Long Laput with heirloom artifacts,circa 1956.From thesis of Christine Horn in "The Orang Ulu and the Museum"

Kelabit and Murut people

 The kelabits are closely to the Muruts and live in the neighbouring headwaters of Baram.The journey from the Ulu Trusan to the Ulu Baram is quite a short distance in a straight line but involves crossing some very rough and broken mountain country.The kelabit are less sophisticated than the Murut and the dandy will carefully trim his hair,in the traditional manner during a jungle halt to a longhouse party.

Photo by Hedda Morrison,circa 1950's

A Young native Kayan Girl resting on the Rejang River bank

 A Young native Kayan Girl resting on the Rejang River bank , Circa 1960's

Kenyah boys with sape and armour

 Kenyah boys with sape and armour as their tradition.from "Sarawak and its people "book,circa 1950's.

View of klirieng tomb at front area of the Sarawak Old Museum

 View of klirieng tomb at front area of the Sarawak Old Museum building at Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman.

A Kelabit Parang maker

 A Kelabit Parang maker, Photographed in 1947 by Mrs R.J Bettison

A Kelabit man poses with jewelry on his neck and hands

 A Kelabit man poses with jewelry on his neck and hands,Photo Circa 1940's

Photographs of Kenyah men with traditional clothes

 Photographs of Kenyah men with traditional clothes and drums as dance instruments around the 1930's

A smiling Kayan lady at her longhouse

A smiling Kayan lady at her longhouse at nearby Tinjar River,circa 1950's