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• Children with adult
  On reverse: PJ Jan 92 E (left), L., Wa Sna and Wa'Do', d/o Bei Cnagih
• Children with adult
  On reverse: PJ Jan 92 E (left), L., Wa Sna and Wa'Do', d/o Bei Cnagih
• Dead snake
  On reverse: PJ 17.1.92 tajub saal Elaphe taeniura ~venemous - tho some say it is Colubridae -> colubrinae said (by Chinese) to be tasty Semai don't use skin
• Dead snake
  On reverse: PJ 17.1.92 tajub saal striped racer Elaphe taeniura Colubridae -> colubrinae edible but tabu like all snakes to [female symbol]
• Pgh and wife
  On reverse: PJ Jan 92 Pgh (left), R, Mrs. Pgh
• Pgh and wife
  On reverse: PJ Jan 92 Pgh (left), L, Mrs. Pgh
• Pgh and wife
  On reverse: PJ Jan 92 Pgh (left), L, Mrs. Pgh
• Pgh and wife
  On reverse: PJ Jan 92 Pgh (left), L, Mrs. Pgh
• Man with bamboo pipe
  On reverse: PJ Jan '92 Bah Snuuq from Gul Galoo with bamboo pipe
• Coop
  On reverse: PJ Jan '92 Lan and coop he and brother Din built for danak (jungle fowl) Din had snared (and which later escaped)
• Chicken coop
  On reverse: PJ Jan '92 coop for danak, built by LAng and Din
• Blurry photo of child
  On reverse: PJ Jan 92 Hajap s/o ca. 10
• Two men
  On reverse: Batu 7 Jan 92 At small general store run by Indian man on left, us. drunk, v. friendly when we're there = cibab from Rancangan/Udak Bah Dik/Beib Harun
• Plant sample
  On reverse: PJ 11.10.91 #24 Lmpiis cadak of ritual importance Probably Zingiber spectabile black gingerwort
• Twigs and dead birds
  On reverse: PJ 11.10.91 #23 Jrmees twig with the two small birds Lan caught after setting jermees (birdlime) this AM about 9AM. (He returned about 2PM) Ceb Kukir Ceb baraw brnban/rban (Pycnonotus cf. zeylanicus)
• Woman weaving basket
  On reverse: PJ (Musuk) 11.10.91 1:40PM #22 Julia d/o Cubun (=sister of Pgh) works on ragab she started c 1:20 PM. She breaks from work now and then to replenish flames of fire, which is roasting tapioca. She's making the small ragab with cook spal (Polechnum orientale). By 2:10 she finishes rim/basket. A big one, she says, would take a couple of days
• Family
  On reverse: PJ (Musuk) 11.10.91 #21 Rusli (center), 10 (says his mother after asking his dad), his parents (right) Whole family has helped carry cook to collection point
• Walking down path
  On reverse: PJ (Musuk) 11.10.91 1:30 #20 Bah Tboli s/o Saleh (carring cook), his mnan Bah Tandik teacher (Malay) from school at Musuk follows on moto
• Carrying bundles
  On reverse: PJ (Musuk) 11.10.91 #19 Bah Dun s/o Bah Kawin from Musuk. Carrying cook srpeek - it's about a 3mi trip. Two women and a man came with him, each carrying one bundle. It took about 3 weeks to collect this much, Bah Dun says. That makes about 136 bundles, with about 30 folks working. Towkay is AhSin. He will be here 25 Oct; it is a kontrak
• Close up of bundles
  On reverse: PJ (Musuk) 11.10.91 #18 close-up of bundles in #17 to show bindings (bknak) a) of sets of 10 b) of larger sets to be carried on shoulder (with shoulder pad) fine binding = cook haak shoddy binding = c. lak
• Bundles
  On reverse: PJ (Musuk) 11.10.91 #17 About 7 men from Musuk had unloaded this cook srpeek by around 11AM today. We come by here almost daily to bathe, so it's unlikely that we missed an earlier trade. PIX Three other men brought bundles c. 12:00 noon. Why covered with plook? To protect from pndras. The rougher cook, not as slick (sleib) as spreek, is c. bantab. Towkay pays $1/batang for cook bantak
• Bundles of vegitation
  On reverse: PJ (Musuk) 11.10.91 #16 Bundles of cook srpeek (Calamus manan) brought by folks from Musuk to Pniis Jik (not on kontrak) for Chinese towkay who pays $2/length. Each individual bundle = 10 lengths. There were about 50 at end of paved road and set pictured here at the end of foot/moto path from PJ to Musuk. Bundles are grouped to show who owns what
• Building new hut
  On reverse: PJ 10.10.91 4:30PM #15 Tiip, Stin atop roof, Pgh works from inside. Doubled layers, tied together with cook, are placed on roof seam and "pinned" in place with bamboo "spikes" c 2' long, 12 in all. Working down on near side of roof, the 3 men from inside pull doubled sections up underneath sections already in place. House is just less than 2x length of attap sections
• Roofing new hut
  On reverse: PJ 10.10.91 12:20PM #14 House with attap in place. Ties are cook haak (korthalsia scortechnii); Pgh was preparing it yesterday.
• Building new hut
  On reverse: PJ 8.10.91 2pm #13 House with plook folded yesterday. People have new plook today. Kalim (?Tiip?) brought back length of awaad lnrook which Stin was whittling to cykar this AM c. 10-11