Group photograph of Ed Regan, Judy, Ted Clark, Kathy Henderson, Che Roslin, Frank, Rosemary, Me (Robert Gilman), Gary Burke, Patricia Robson (names written on back of photograph) with children.
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.
Built to the design of a traditional Orang Asli longhouse, and used mainly for entertainment such as ronggeng - dancing and music, and also displays by visiting dancers and singers.
Group photograph of Fiona, Carol Archer, Kathy Henderson, Frank, Gary Burke Dentist, R Gilman Me, Rosemary, and Patricia Robson (names written on back of photograph) with children.
This woman is making thatch from fronds of the common thatch palm (Calamus castaneus). She first flips all the leaflets on each frond to the same side of the stem, so water will all drip in the same direction. For thatching lean-to shelters, she will then make shingles of three fronds, two facing in one direction and one in the other.
Blowpipe darts consist of a shaft of palm wood, a cone of pith on the butt, and a coating of poison on the point. Here a man is smoothing a splint of palm wood and sharpening the end to make a dart.
