019 Men burning hair off monkey

Item

Title

019 Men burning hair off monkey

Description

Instead of skinning game, Batek burn off the hair and cook the skin with the meat. Here two men are scraping singed hair off a leaf monkey with a stick. Then they will gut it and roast the carcass over the fire. Finally, they will butcher it and distribute portions to all families in camp. Batek share all food if needed, but they make a special point to share meat, which they obtain less regularly than vegetable foods.

Coverage

Malaysia

Creator

Endicott, Kirk M.

Date

1972

Format

JPG

Identifier

https://commons.keene.edu/s/KSCArchive/item/12936

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

19.jpg