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4_2.230 - Yenah Sujin compacting resin filling, 1981

Yenah Sujin compacting the resin filling inside the leaf casing of a resin torch, in front of her home, Kampong Bapak, Tasek Bera, Pahang

4_2.231 - Yenah Sujin rolling leaves, 1981

Yenah Sujin rolling the Licuala sp. fan palm (kdah) leaf in order to make it more supple to make the casing for a resin torch, in front of her home, Kampong Bapak, Tasek Bera, Pahang

4_2.232 - Baki Hoken and Eng Tek mashing bananas, 1981

Baki Hoken and Eng Tek demonstrating how to make banana wine (dak tyek), here bananas being mashed, Kampong Bapak, Tasek Bera, Pahang

4_2.236 - Hokin applying boatcaulk to a crack in a canoe, 1980

Hokin applying boatcaulk to a crack in a dugout canoe made by an elephant that stepped on it, Kampong Bapak, Tasek Bera, Pahang

4_2.238 - Clearing land by burning, 1980

Nonek firing his swidden, near Kampong Bapak, Tasek Bera, Pahang

4_2.239 - Yenah Sujin's house, April 1980

Yenah Sujin's house, Tasek Bera in the background, Kampong Bapak, Pahang

4_2.24 - Dead python, 1992

Dead python, killed after attacking chickens during the night, Kg. Bapak, Pos Iskandar, Pahang

4_2.240 - Checking a net, April 1980

Tok's wife checking her gill net from a one-person canoe. The net is attached to the pole behind her, lubuk klkayet, Tasek Bera, Pahang

4_2.241 - Splitting leaves into strips, June 1980

Yenah Sujin using a jangka' to split a pandanus leaf into strips to be used in weaving

4_2.242 - Yenah Sujin working with leaves, June 1980

Yenah Sujin working with pandanus leaves already cut with a jangka' into ribbons still attached at one end, Kampong Bapak, Tasek Bera, Pahang

4_2.243 - Hokin and Baki emptying resin container, June 1980

Hokin and Baki emptying the contents of the oleo-resin container into the resin sieve to separate the oil from the solid fraction, for sale, Kampong Bapak, Tasek Bera, Pahang

4_2.244 - Making a resin torch, June 1980

Yenah Sujin filling the molded fan palm leaf case with the resin/wood mixture to make a resin torch, Kampong Bapak, Tasek Bera, Pahang

4_2.245 - A piece of resin, 1981

A piece of resin from the archaeological site of Kuala Selinsing, Perak, from collection in the Muzium Negara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

4_2.246 - Baki Hoken making birdlime, 1981

Baki Hoken making bird lime (jaraw) from jlutung (Dyera costulata) latex and Dipterocarpus kerrii oil (damar minyak) in the kitchen of Hokin and Eng's house, Kampong Bapak, Tasek Bera, Pahang

4_2.247 - Baki Hoken mixing resin and latex, March 1981

Baki Hoken making the bird lime from minyak damar and jlutung (Dyera costulata) latex, Kampong Bapak, Tasek Bera, Pahang

4_2.248 - Ceramic containers for banana wine to ferment, April 1981

Ceramic containers for the banana wine (dak tyek) to ferment in the sun, Kampong Bapak, Tasek Bera, Pahang

4_2.249 - Ali Lu hafting a knife, May 1981

Ali Lu using hmalaw (pieces of a resinous ant's nest) for hafting a knife, Kampong Bapak, Tasek Bera, Pahang

4_2.25 - Prayer house, 1992

Surau (prayer house) built by the government, Pos Iskandar, there were few Muslims at Pos Iskandar so went unused

4_2.250 - Applying dragon's blood resin to rattan, March 1981

Jenabah holding a strip of rattan near a small hearth and applying the melting dragon's blood resin (dmnget) directly to it, Kampong Bapak, Tasek Bera, Pahang

4_2.251 - Applying dragon's blood resin to rice seed basket, March 1981

Jenabah applying dragon's blood resin (dmnget in Semelai), from fruits of Daemonorops sp. rattan,to the rim of a rice seed basket (bingkay ro' bnih), Kampong Bapak, Tasek Bera, Pahang

4_2.252 - Hoken demonstrating the inflammability of hard resin, April 1981

Hoken demonstrating the inflammability of hard resin, Kampong Bapak, Tasek Bera, Pahang

4_2.253 - Eng Tek grinding resin, April 1981

Eng Tek grinding chunks of hard resin down to a powder to create the filler for a hard resin torch (damar klulut), Kampong Bapak, Tasek Bera, Pahang

4_2.254 - Hard resin torch, April 1981

Hard resin torch (made by Eng) burning. The resin must burn briefly in order to make a crust/lid at the top so the resin won't fall out, Kampong Bapak, Tasek Bera, Pahang

4_2.255 - Bees nest, August 1980

The entrance to a Trigona bee's nest, beneath a D. kerrii tree tapped by Hokin and Baki, Kmiyan, Tasek Bera, Pahang

4_2.256 - Pawoh tree, August 1980

A pawoh tree with prominent buttresses, Kmyan, Tasek Bera, Pahang

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