Iban Longhouse

Kuala Lumpur Sabah Sarawak

Mulu Kuching Iban Longhouse Nanga Sumpa

Photos of an

Iban Longhouse
Sarawak, Malaysia

in 1979

 

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people of the longhouse

 

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welcome dance

 

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old warrior with tattoos

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As they are today (1998)
the heads of the victims and the tattoos are mostly gone

 

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entrance

 

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chief
(no longer any tattoos)

 

family structure and responsibilities

 

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private quarters of the chief

 

the kitchen

 

an Iban

 

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the common area

 

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work in common area

 

child care and family gatherings

 

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use of outside area

 

drying grain

More Photos of the Longhouses

 

stag horn fern growing wild

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