Peace-making at Claudetown, between the Baram and Batang Kayan tribes
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Contributors
Shelford, Robert Walter Campbell, 1872-1912, Naturalist
Creation Date
2003-12-18
Publication Date
2004-11-05Publisher
Royal Commonwealth Society Library. Cambridge University Library. University of Cambridge.
Language
en_GB
Type
Image
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Unknown author (2004). Peace-making at Claudetown, between the Baram and Batang Kayan tribes [digital image]. http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/1184
Description
147 x 104 mm. Group portrait showing chiefs sitting on a raised dais between wooden carved images, with tribesmen in the background. The two central figures are Tama Bulan and Tama Kulieng. The photograph is from: Hose, Charles and Shelford, Robert (1900), 'Descriptive album of the country and people of Sarawak'. Harpenden: Valentine and Co. This ceremony, and the background to it, are described in detail in: Dougall, W. (1900), 'A savage peace conference', 'The Eagle' - the magazine of St John's College, Cambridge. See also: Hose, Charles and McDougall, William (1912), 'The pagan tribes of Borneo'. Volume 2. London, pp.289-300. The photograph itself appears on p.298 and is captioned 'The great peace-making at Marudi, 1899, Baram District, between the Kayan, Kenyah, and Klemantan Tribes of East and West Borneo'. Photograph by Hose and Shelford.
Spatial Coverage
Sarawak (Asia, Malaysia, East Malaysia)
Temporal Coverage
start=1899; end=1899; scheme=DCTERMS.W3CDTF
Relationships
Host Item: RCS Photograph Collection, Y3035A.
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