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Why this is a
Masterpiece

The moment of the great peace-making at Marudi, 1899, Baram District, between the Kayan, Kenyah, and Klemantan Tribes of East and West Borneo

History of the Object: Group portrait showing chiefs sitting on a raised dais between wooden carved images, with tribesmen in the background. The two central figures are Tama Bulan and Tama Kulieng.

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Type: Architecture
Materials: Photograph
Measurements: 147 x 104 mm
Creator name: Charles Hose, Robert Shelford
Creator date: 1899
Where it was made: Malaysian Borneo
Geography
Time period: BCE 19th century ~ AD 19th century
Creation date
Function: Photograph of Great Marudi Peacemaking Ceremony in central Borneo.
Acquisition
Copyright: Creative Commons, CC.
Acknowledgements: 'The photograph is from: Hose, Charles and Shelford, Robert (1900), 'Descriptive album of the country and people of Sarawak'. Harpenden: Valentine and Co. This ceremony, and the background to it, are described in detail in: Dougall, W. (1900), 'A savage peace conference', 'The Eagle' - the magazine of St John's College, Cambridge.
Owner
Museum: Sarawak Museum
Credit line: Copyright Cambridge University Library