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

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

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"

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

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 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

A Kelabit Child at Bario Highland

 A Kelabit Child at Bario Highland, Circa 1950's

Photo by Hedda Morrison

Old Kelabit people drinking "burak" in a Kelabit Longhouse

 Old Kelabit people drinking "burak" in a Kelabit Longhouse at Bario, Circa 1953.

Photo by Hedda Morrison

A group of Kelabit women smile while awaiting the arrival of Bario visitors

 A group of Kelabit women smile while awaiting the arrival of Bario visitors at the Bario airport. They wear necklaces and personal hats of the Kelabit community.

Kelabit marriage ceremony

Photograph showing two Kelabit men and a woman, sitting together. This is a posed photograph, probably meant to show the Kelabit marriage ceremony. The men are seated at right. Their hair is cut short all around their heads, and they wear many beads, bracelets and earrings. 

The wrist bracelets are made of giant clam shells, the ear decorations from bear tooth. The darkest beads are Venetian glass, and are considered very valuable. The woman wears a skull cap made of stone beads, a traditional sign of aristocratic birth that dates to 700 AD. 

Such headwear was treated as an heirloom, and passed down through the family.'Group of Kelabits' photograph by Hedda Morrison,Circa 1953

 

A Kelabit Family

 A Kelabit tribesman of Sarawak carrying his son on his shoulders. His wife follows carrying their baby.Circa March 1965

Kelabit couple at Bario

 Dapat Aran and his Wife Pa Tik,both are Kelabit and staying at Bario.Photo Circa 1970's.

Nomadic Penan may come to a Kelabit longhouse in order to make their application

Photograph showing Sarawak administrative officer Kiprawi affixing the thumbprint of a Penan tribesman to an application to purchase a shotgun.The nomadic Penan may have come to a Kelabit longhouse in order to make their application. The Penan man is seated on the floor, other tribemmen around him looking on. The Penan men wear arm bands of wood and leg bands of plant fibre. They also have stretched earlobes, in which they wear rings. Only the Penan wore bead necklaces tight around their throat, as can be seen in this photograph.

'Travelling Administrative officer at work in the Baram' by Hedda Morrison,Circa 1960's

 

Kelabit girl at Pa Tik a village on Ngelah River

 Kelabit girl at Pa Tik,a village on Ngelah River,a tributary of Kuba'an itself a tributary of the Ulu Tutoh,in the far interior of the fourth division.The girl on the right of the picture is wearing a traditional Kelabit Head dress made of old and valued beads handed down from one generation to another.

Kelabit girls Pounding padi

 Photograph showing three girls, two of whom are pounding padi (rice) on a board, with long poles. The third girl, standing behind the other two, is using a winnowing tray. All the girls are working under a thatched shelter.'Kelabit girls pounding padi' by Hedda Morrison,Circa 1953.

Kelabit carving bamboo tobacco containers by Hedda Morrison

 Kelabit carving bamboo tobacco containers by Hedda Morrison,Circa 1960's.Black and white photograph showing two men and a boy sitting in a hut, on the matting floor. One man is carving. The two men have tattoos on their arms, which is unusual, few Kelabit men have tattoos. They may have got the tattoos as a result of contact with Iban people.

Kelabit Chieftain with Jewelry Art

 Male Kelabit Chieftain with Jewelry Art he used on his ear, necklace and hand.Photo Circa 1960's

Kelabit girl from Baram river

 Kelabit Girl from Baram river,Circa 1951

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Orang Ulu maiden

 Orang Ulu maiden.Orang Ulu consist of several tribes which is Kayan,Kenyah,Berawan,Lahanan,Lun Bawang ,Kelabit and few more.