Making poison

Item

Title
Making poison
Description
On reverse: 2/2/92 10:59 Beib Cnagoh has warmed the new jalok (poison tube) in the fire, wiped it w/betel-vine leaf. He lifts the skin off the boiling poison on the central spine of a bltop (Eugeissona tristis) leaf [the tool = jnin] from which the skin dangles like a line from a fishing pole, then lowers it into the jalok, stirring lightly and then scraping residue off the tip. Repeat 2x
Coverage
Malaysia
Creator
Dentan, Robert Knox, 1936-
Date
1992-02-02
Format
JPG
Identifier
https://commons.keene.edu/s/KSCArchive/item/33369
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Type
stillimage
Original Format
photograph
Provenance
Keene State College
Alternative Title
Dentan Photos Box 21-178