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.

Photo of the "Dyak Girls of Sarawak

 Photo of the "Dyak Girls of Sarawak",taken in early 1900's.

Iban men welcoming people

 Another form of welcome is provided by the Iban men of the long house beating a vigifous tattoo on their drums.Hollowed out lengths of tree trunk with monkey skin strained across the top.A thong around the big toe keeps the drum in place.

Photo by Hedda Morrison,circa 1950's.

A whole Iban people lives in one longhouse

 A whole Iban people  lives in one house. Called a longhouse, the structure is divided into "Doors", or families, which open onto bamboo platforms like the one here. People, dogs, pigs, and chickens share the communal life, resulting in a tight knit, cooperative, but disease-ridden, society.Photo Circa 1960's

A Kenyah woman taking photograph with her own photo at the wall

 A Kenyah woman taking photograph with her own photo at the wall,there is also local original headgear and chain hanging on the wall.

Longhouse at Rejang river

 A longhouse nearby Sungai Rejang at Kapit,circa 1960's.The house build near the river as it make easy for them board a boat to catch fish and go to a nearby town.

Dayaks people entertaining visitors at a banquet

 Dayaks people entertaining visitors at a banquet during the harvest festival.Photo Circa 1960's

The news of Parti Bansa Dayak Sarawak dated February 1992

 The news of Parti Bansa Dayak Sarawak dated February 1992

Sea Dayak burning hillside prior to Padi planting

 Sea Dayak burning hillside prior to Padi planting.Circa 1951

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Governor greeting a visitor at Astana

 His Excellency,the Governor,Sir Anthony Abell,greeting a visitor from the far interior at the Astana,Kuching.Circa 1951

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Dayak Hero Awang anak Bawang

 Dayak Hero,Awang anak Bawang who was awarded the George Cross for meritorious service in Malaya.Circa 1951

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The Astana Ceremony

 His Excellency the Commissioner General,Mr.Malcolm McDonald performing a traditional Dayak ceremony of welcome at the Astana ,Kuching

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A fascinating Dayak Tetam

 A fascinating Dayak Tetam (Klirieng) in the Museum ground.

Two Penan man in a post card photo.

 Two Penan man in a post card photo.

Old man with his grandchild

 Old man with his grandchild at longhouse

Sea Dayak Man and Woman

 A Sea Dayak men wearing Official Government Dress with 4 sea Dayak woman with traditional dress.

A grandmother at Long house

 A grandmother with her two grandchildren at ruai of a longhouse

A selakau girl

A Selakau girl with her traditional attire. Selakau people can be found mostly consentrated at Lundu and Sematan area.

A winnowing rice process

A grandmother winnowing rice.A process extracting non rice particle from rice. In those days,people got raw rice from the farm,this process is really need from extracting the non eaten part.Nowadays machine do most of this job,this process still in practice in some area where people got their rice from raw paddy field.

Retro Photo of Iban Long House

Retro Photo of Iban Long House