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Borneo: a Dyak man demonstrating the blowpipe. Photograph, 19--.

Sarawak: a girl spinning cotton into thread. Photograph.

Sarawak: a girl extracting the seeds of raw cotton in a cotton gin. Photograph.

Sarawak: a Sea Dayak woman, two Kayan youths and three Kenyah women. Photograph.

[Newspaper cutting, "A soft snap" (in the series 'snap-shots') featuring a cartoon and a Living Skeleton and a Wild Man of Borneo talking about a Two-Headed Man. ].

Sarawak: Sea Dayak men at a head feast. Photograph.

Sarawak: the supporting poles of a Kayan tribal house and a Sea Dayak house under construction. Photograph.

Sarawak: Sea Dayaks with weapons and head-dresses. Photograph.

Sarawak: a girl picking leaves for use as fibres. Photograph.

Sarawak: two Sea Dayaks at a cockfight. Photograph.

Sarawak: preserved and decorated human heads taken and strung up by Sea Dayaks. Photograph.

Sarawak: three corsets worn by Sea Dayak and Land Dayak women. Photograph.

Sarawak: a Land Dayak chief. Photograph.

Sarawak: three Sea Dayak women in various types of dress. Photograph.

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Dayak (Bornean people)

Images from the collections

Images about Dayak (Bornean people)

Works from the collections

Sarawak: preserved and decorated human heads taken and strung up by Sea Dayaks. Photograph.

Sarawak: three corsets worn by Sea Dayak and Land Dayak women. Photograph.

Sarawak: a Land Dayak chief. Photograph.

Sarawak: three Sea Dayak women in various types of dress. Photograph.

Borneo: a Dyak man demonstrating the blowpipe. Photograph, 19--.

Dayak (Bornean people)

Images from the collections

Images about Dayak (Bornean people)

Works from the collections

Sarawak: preserved and decorated human heads taken and strung up by Sea Dayaks. Photograph.

Sarawak: three corsets worn by Sea Dayak and Land Dayak women. Photograph.

Sarawak: a Land Dayak chief. Photograph.

Sarawak: three Sea Dayak women in various types of dress. Photograph.

Borneo: a Dyak man demonstrating the blowpipe. Photograph, 19--.

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