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Sarawak: five Kenyah warriors in a warfare ritual. Photograph.

Sarawak: decorated human skulls hanging in a Kayan house. Photograph.

An American of the Kiowa tribe. Platinum print by F.A. Rinehart, 1898.

Sarawak: people of a Long Pokun tribe from the Upper Tinjar region. Photograph.

Sarawak: a girl spinning cotton into thread. Photograph.

Kuching, Sarawak: the Astana, a partly castellated building. Photograph.

Sarawak: two Malay women and a child. Photograph.

Henry Wilson and his wife, Americans of the Mohave. Platinum print by F.A. Rinehart, 1898.

Sarawak: a Bakatan man. Photograph.

Geronimo, the Apache chief. Platinum print by F.A. Rinehart, 1898.

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

Sarawak: two Kayans wrestling. Photograph.

Yellow Smoke, a member of the Omaha tribe. Platinum print by F.A. Rinehart, 1899.

Kuching, Sarawak: view of the racecourse. Photograph.

Sarawak: a Kayan girl. Photograph.

Sarawak: three men standing by the Baram River. Photograph.

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

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Platinum prints

Images from the collections

Images of Platinum prints

Works from the collections

Yellow Smoke, a member of the Omaha tribe. Platinum print by F.A. Rinehart, 1899.

Kuching, Sarawak: view of the racecourse. Photograph.

Sarawak: a Kayan girl. Photograph.

Sarawak: three men standing by the Baram River. Photograph.

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

Platinum prints

Images from the collections

Images of Platinum prints

Works from the collections

Yellow Smoke, a member of the Omaha tribe. Platinum print by F.A. Rinehart, 1899.

Kuching, Sarawak: view of the racecourse. Photograph.

Sarawak: a Kayan girl. Photograph.

Sarawak: three men standing by the Baram River. Photograph.

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

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