Collection of fifty loose photographs (some duplicates) measuring approximately 125 x 170 mm of indigenous people, all with typed captions. The images include: 'A tattooed Sakai girl'; 'Girl musicians' 'Dancers'; 'A camp'; 'A Sakai criminal type'; 'Trap for big game'; 'Grave of a Sakai man'; 'Meeting in celebration of King Edward VII's Coronation'; 'Bridal pair'; 'Manufacturing poisoned arrows'; 'Three types of tattooed Bretak Sakai' and 'A primitive method of lighting a fire'.
Sakai people of Malaya [i.e. Malay Peninsula]
This material is held atRoyal Commonwealth Society Library
- Reference
- GB 115 RCS/Y3031N
- Dates of Creation
- 1902-1930
- Language of Material
- English .
- Physical Description
- 50 item(s) 50 images
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Originator details not known.
Access Information
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Note
Includes index.
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Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements
Good condition.
Additional Information
This collection level description was entered by WS.
DateText: A note with the photographs dates them as 'post 1902'..
Unknown