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VANDOO · 28th August 2014, 09:53 PM

I AM ADDING A FEW MORE PICTURES. I HOPE I DON'T DUPLICATE ANY OR HAVE PICTURES WITH INCORRECT INFORMATION BUT PERHAPS THOSE WITH MORE KNOWLEDGE CAN STRAIGHTEN OUT ANY MISTAKES I MAKE.

THE FIRST PICTURE ILLUSTRATES PROBLEMS WE MAY ENCOUNTER WITH SET UP PICTURES.
#1 STATES DAYAK OR MURUT BORNEO AND IS A OLD PICTURE. BUT MOST OF IT LOOKS TO HAVE BEEN MADE UP WITH WHATEVER THE PHOTOGRAPHER HAD ON HAND. THE SHIELD IS NOT A REAL ONE AND NOT FROM BORNEO AT ALL PERHAPS A CHEAP AFRICAN SMALL SOUVENIR? SO HOW MUCH OF WHAT WE SEE CAN WE REALLY TRUST. I INCLUDE IT AS A EXAMPLE OF HOW PICTURES AND PAINTINGS CAN OFTEN LEAD US ASTRAY.
#2. THIS PHOTO ILLUSTRATES ANOTHER SORT OF ARTISTIC LICENCE. I ESPECIALLY LIKE THESE DRAWINGS AND GROUP PHOTOS OF ITEMS. SOMETIMES THEY MIX ITEMS GEOGRAPHICALLY OR WITH DIFFERENT GROUPS OR TRIBES. BUT THESE ARE PRIMARILY DONE AS A SORT OF DISPLAY AND DEPENDING ON THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE PEOPLE DOING IT AND WHAT ITEMS THEY HAVE ON HAND. THEY CAN BE GOOD REPRESENTATIONS OF ETHNOGRAPHIC TRIBAL MATERIAL OR A MIXED UP HODGE-PODGE OF ITEMS. I LIKE IT EITHER WAY BUT I THINK THIS PICTURE IS MOSTLY ACCURATE AS FAR AS THE ITEMS REPRESENTED ARE ALL DAYAK AND PERHAPS FROM THE SAME TRIBE. I DOUBT THAT SUCH A DISPLAY EVER ADORNED ANY LONG HOUSE IN BORNEO BUT IT IS A EYE CATCHER.

NOTE WAR JACKETS DRAPED OVER SHIELDS WITH SKULL ON TOP IT LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING HOLLYWOOD WOULD USE IN A INDIANA JONES MOVIE BUT I LIKE IT.

#3. OLD DRAWING FROM BOOK, SAGHAI, DAYAK WARRIOR
#4. IBAN WARRIORS
#5., #6, #7., #8 & #9. VARIOUS DAYAK WITH SHIELDS
#10. 1880 DAYAK WARRIORS
#11. 1904 DAYAK
#12. 1933 DAYAK

28th August 2014, 09:53 PM	#39
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	I AM ADDING A FEW MORE PICTURES. I HOPE I DON'T DUPLICATE ANY OR HAVE PICTURES WITH INCORRECT INFORMATION BUT PERHAPS THOSE WITH MORE KNOWLEDGE CAN STRAIGHTEN OUT ANY MISTAKES I MAKE. THE FIRST PICTURE ILLUSTRATES PROBLEMS WE MAY ENCOUNTER WITH SET UP PICTURES. #1 STATES DAYAK OR MURUT BORNEO AND IS A OLD PICTURE. BUT MOST OF IT LOOKS TO HAVE BEEN MADE UP WITH WHATEVER THE PHOTOGRAPHER HAD ON HAND. THE SHIELD IS NOT A REAL ONE AND NOT FROM BORNEO AT ALL PERHAPS A CHEAP AFRICAN SMALL SOUVENIR? SO HOW MUCH OF WHAT WE SEE CAN WE REALLY TRUST. I INCLUDE IT AS A EXAMPLE OF HOW PICTURES AND PAINTINGS CAN OFTEN LEAD US ASTRAY. #2. THIS PHOTO ILLUSTRATES ANOTHER SORT OF ARTISTIC LICENCE. I ESPECIALLY LIKE THESE DRAWINGS AND GROUP PHOTOS OF ITEMS. SOMETIMES THEY MIX ITEMS GEOGRAPHICALLY OR WITH DIFFERENT GROUPS OR TRIBES. BUT THESE ARE PRIMARILY DONE AS A SORT OF DISPLAY AND DEPENDING ON THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE PEOPLE DOING IT AND WHAT ITEMS THEY HAVE ON HAND. THEY CAN BE GOOD REPRESENTATIONS OF ETHNOGRAPHIC TRIBAL MATERIAL OR A MIXED UP HODGE-PODGE OF ITEMS. I LIKE IT EITHER WAY BUT I THINK THIS PICTURE IS MOSTLY ACCURATE AS FAR AS THE ITEMS REPRESENTED ARE ALL DAYAK AND PERHAPS FROM THE SAME TRIBE. I DOUBT THAT SUCH A DISPLAY EVER ADORNED ANY LONG HOUSE IN BORNEO BUT IT IS A EYE CATCHER. NOTE WAR JACKETS DRAPED OVER SHIELDS WITH SKULL ON TOP IT LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING HOLLYWOOD WOULD USE IN A INDIANA JONES MOVIE BUT I LIKE IT. #3. OLD DRAWING FROM BOOK, SAGHAI, DAYAK WARRIOR #4. IBAN WARRIORS #5., #6, #7., #8 & #9. VARIOUS DAYAK WITH SHIELDS #10. 1880 DAYAK WARRIORS #11. 1904 DAYAK #12. 1933 DAYAK Attached Images Last edited by VANDOO; 29th August 2014 at 05:17 AM.