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Culture

Longhouse life, music, craft and the forty-odd communities that make Sarawak what it is.

Anthropomorphic mask with basketry cap, Borneo, Kalimantan, Kenyah-Kayan, 19th century, wood, rattan, polychrome, Honolulu Museum of Art , accession 10197.1

Sarawak's baskets: a different one for every job, and who runs the craft now

A guide to Sarawak's plaited basketry: what each shape is for, how the Penan, Kayan, Bidayuh, Melanau, Iban and Kelabit forms differ, and the bodies that now run the craft economy.

Muhammad Kashif5 min read

A ceremonial pua kumbu, its rust-red ikat motifs woven in dense repeating bands

Culture

Pua Kumbu: The Cloth the Iban Dream Before They Weave It

Muhammad Kashif20 Jun

A pua kumbu cloth spread flat, its rust and ecru ikat motifs in repeating bands

Culture

Inside an Iban Longhouse: Community, Ritual and Pua Kumbu

Muhammad Kashif8 May