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  074 Improvised toys

  Three children play with a cardboard box.
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  074 Orang Asli Dwelling

  Another "rumah". Note the abundance of bamboo in the foreground. This is a vital component in house building.
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  074 Stilt House

  Image of a man walking away from a stilt house.
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  074 Woman shaving sons head

  Boys and men sometimes have their hair shaved off to get rid of lice. Here a woman shaves her sons head with a knife, while her baby looks on.
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  075 - Laho Li and baby

  Laho Li and baby
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  075 Orang Asli Dwelling

  Note the two wooden house frameworks in the foreground.
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  075 Stilt House - 2

  Image of either partially constructed or damaged stilt houses.
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  075 Woman weaving sleeping mat

  Batek typically sleep on mats woven from pandanus leaves, using a cotton sarong for a blanket. This woman is weaving a sleeping mat while her baby clings to her.
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  075 Woman with children

  One woman pictured with four young children, one seated in a cardboard box.
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  076 Dead gibbon

  Gibbons can also be killed by blowipes and poisoned darts. Here a man holds a dead white handed gibbon.
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  076 Forest Foliage - 2

  Image of forest foliage. Photo labeled "picture from porch."
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  076 People surrounding hospital bed

  Three paraplegic permanent hospital residents: Awang, Alok and third person in wheelchair. Alok and Hamid, staff members, standing. Nik Hassan, staff member, playing violin.
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  076 Semai mother nursing her child

  Looking into a family home interior. This photograph shows very clearly how the house has been constructed, as described above. Below you can see stored fish traps that are used in the Sungai Satah.
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  077 - Woman and child under outdoor faucet behind ward 10

  Image: Photo of woman and child under outdoor faucet.
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  077 Gathering the wood

  Wood gathering trio.
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  077 Portrait of Four Children

  Image of four children with an additional two children at the edge of the photo. Image is partially obstructed.
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  077 Woman performing blood sacrifice

  Batek believe that thunderstorms are sent by a superhuman being, Gobar, as punishment for people breaking certain prohibitions. To stop the storm, they scratch their shin with a knife, mix the blood with water, and throw some of the mixture on the ground, for the earth deity, and into the air, for the thunder-god. Women do this more often than men, in part because they tend to take responsibility for their childrens transgressions. Here a woman is cutting her leg. She will then rub the blood on the leg of her son, who committed the prohibited act of laughing at butterflies, to pick up his smell. Then she will mix the blood with water in a metal bowl (bottom) and throw it to the deities while reciting a ritual formula.
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  077 Young child with woman

  Child smiling and leaning against the legs of a woman. Note: Orang Asli grew their own tobacco. Smoking was very common.
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  078 - Maternity patient outside ward 10

  Photograph: Maternity patient outside ward 10
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  078 Child carrying baby

  Young child carrying baby on her back.
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  078 Cooking and Laundry

  Image of three children and two women outside cooking with laundry on lines in the background.
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  078 Girls play-digging

  Here three little girls play at digging tubers in camp, using their mothers digging sticks.
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  078 Semai man

  This elderly man had earlier been hunting with his blowpipe and curare tipped darts. He caught a monkey and his wife then made a delicious curry with locally grown wild rice.
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  079 - Girl washing fish in front of ward 10

  Girl washing fish in front of ward 10
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  079 Boy smiling

  Boy standing and smiling.