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  065 Postnatal ward

  Young mother with her newborn child. Looking on are her husband and son who have accompanied her to hospital. More Orang Asli women give birth in hospital now and more girls are trained in midwifery and sent out to the Deep Jungle Medical Posts.
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  066 - Midwives in front of maternity ward (1)

  Photograph: Group image of midwives in front of the maternity ward
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  066 Female tuberculosis patient

  Female long stay tuberculosis patient. She was very good at making Orang Asli handicrafts which I arranged to be sold at Air Force bases. She spent some of her money on food to supplement her hospital diet and cloth for bajus and sarongs, etc.
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  066 One Iban women with costumes

  One Iban women with costumes
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  066 Woman digging tubers 1

  People seeking wild yams scan the treetops looking for the characteristic heart-shaped leaves. Then they trace the vine to the ground and dig down the stem until they reach the tubers. Takop (Dioscorea orbiculata), the most commonly found species, may have several tubers on each stem. Diggers follow each tuber as it winds its way underground, bringing up pieces of tuber with each thrust of the digging stick. Some tubers are several feet long. Here a woman digs while carrying her baby in a cloth sling on her back. She uses a digging stick with a small shovel blade, which is obtained in trade. A pile of tuber pieces lies beside the hole (foreground).
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  066 Woman washing baby

  A woman washes a baby while a child looks on.
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  066 Young Boy on Bed

  Image of a young boy sitting on a bed.
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  067 - Twin babies (1)

  Image: Photograph of twin babies
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  067 Male tuberculosis patient

  Elderly male tuberculosis patient.
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  067 Three Iban people working in the yard

  Three Iban people working in the yard to dry [food?]
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  067 Woman digging tubers 2

  Here she is separating pieces of tuber from a shovel-full of dirt.
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  067 Woman washing baby

  A woman washes a baby while a child looks on.
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  067 Young Woman in Wheelchair

  Image of a young woman (unknown age) sitting in a wheelchair in the hospital.
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  068 - Twin babies (2)

  Twin babies
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  068 Fish traps

  Two people making fish traps. Fish traps were made from bertan wood strips. The catch from the Gombak River was used to supplement food rations.
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  068 Girls shooting blowpipes 1

  Both boys and girls practice blowpipe hunting from an early age. These girls have borrowed blowpipes from relatives (without asking) and are shooting at birds near camp. They were unsuccessful, but they had fun.
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  068 Long stay male tuberculosis patient

  It is necessary for some Orang Asli to be hospitalised for long term treatment. Some older men are on their own as their families decide to remain in their kampongs.
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  068 Two Iban boys

  Two Iban boys
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  068 Young Child Holding Doll

  Close-up image of a young child holding a doll.
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  069 - Maternity patient near kitchen

  Photograph: Image of maternity patient near kitchen
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  069 Making a fish trap

  Young man making a fish trap.
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  069 One old Iban man with costumes

  One old Iban man with costumes
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  069 Patient arriving by helicopter

  Following consultation between the Deep Jungle Medical Post and Gombak Hospital, the patient is transferred to hospital by helicopter. The family usually accompanies the patient.
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  069 Portrait of Smiling Woman - 3

  Close-up image of young woman outside smiling at the camera.
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  069 Woman digging tubers 3

  The woman has now put her baby down on the cloth and is scooping dirt out of the hole by hand. Sometimes holes become so deep, diggers go underground to continue following a tuber. These children are smoking hand-rolled cigarettes, and one girl is blowing on the wings of her pet bat (center).