001 Thatch-making camp

Item

Title

001 Thatch-making camp

Description

In the early 1970s, Malay farmers sometimes commissioned Batek Teh living at Post Lebir to make thatch for their houses. This trade soon dried up as corrugated metal roofing became readily available. Here some Batek Teh have set up a camp near an abundant supply of thatch palms (Calamus castaneus) and are making rolls of thatch to trade.

Coverage

Malaysia

Creator

Endicott, Kirk M.

Date

1971

Format

JPG

Identifier

https://commons.keene.edu/s/KSCArchive/item/12896

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Type

Stillimage

Provenance

Keene State College

Item sets

Kirk Endicott Collection

Site pages

Kirk & Karen Endicott Collection

Media

1.jpg