Kayan people (Borneo)
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The Kayan people are an indigenous tribe from the island of Borneo, both in Sarawak, Malaysia and Kalimantan, Indonesia. Categorised as a part of the Dayak people, they are similar to their neighbours
"The Tattooing of a Married Kayan Woman," (c. 1896-98), photograph by William Henry Furness III. Illustration from The Home-Life of Borneo Head-Hunters (1902).
A European man having a discussion with leaders of the Kayan people in Sarawak, circa 1900 to 1940
A Kayan person using rattan to saw a piece of firewood.
Kayan people harvesting the sap of a gutta-percha tree (from Hose & McDougall, 1912)
Kenyah people
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The Kenyah people are an indigenous, Austronesian-speaking people of Borneo, living in interior North and East Kalimantan, Indonesia and Sarawak, Malaysia. Categorised as a part of the Dayak people, t
Kayan people (Borneo)
…of Borneo, both in Sarawak, Malaysia and Kalimantan, Indonesia. Categorised as a part of the Dayak people, they are similar to their neighbours, the Kenyah people, with which they are grouped together with the Bahau people under the Apo Kayan people group. The Bornean Kayan are distinct from, and not to be confused…
A young Kenyah family in Sarawak Malaysia pre-1944.
Kenyah dance.
Traditional folk dance during Kenyah Cultural Festival in Budaya Pampang, Samarinda, East Kalimantan, Indonesia
Kenyah architecture, circa 1898-1900.