
Photos of an
Iban
Longhouse
Sarawak, Malaysia
in 1979

people of the longhouse

welcome dance

old warrior with tattoos
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As they
are today (1998)
the heads of the victims and the tattoos are mostly gone

entrance

chief
(no longer any tattoos)

family structure and responsibilities

private quarters of the chief

the kitchen

an Iban

the common area

work in common area

child care and family gatherings

use of outside area

drying grain

stag horn fern growing wild
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