Punan
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Punans,
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Punan
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Over decades, the Indonesian government stripped the Punan of their ancestral lands and encouraged them, sometimes forcibly, to settle in ready-built villages.
From New York Times ● Sep. 19, 2023
The Punan people of the island of Borneo were once rumored to have tails, so elusive did they seem to their neighbors in the 19th century.
From New York Times ● Sep. 19, 2023
Kharis, a young member of the Punan Batu, played a guitar made of terap wood at a rock shelter in Sadau, Borneo.Credit...
From New York Times ● Sep. 19, 2023
In 2019, Brendan Borrell and Joshua Irwandi traveled by boat and on foot to meet the Punan Batu living along the Sajau River near Tanjung Selor, Indonesia.
From New York Times ● Sep. 19, 2023
A Punan Headman of the Tinjar 180 177.
From The Pagan Tribes of Borneo by Alfred C. (Alfred Cort) Haddon
The Punans make fire by iron and flint which are carried in a small bamboo box.
From Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917 by Carl Lumholtz
The Punans climb trees in the same manner as the Kayans and other Dayaks I have seen, i.e., by tying their feet together and moving up one side of the tree in jumps.
From Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917 by Carl Lumholtz
At my request the raja, with a few companions, went out in search of some of the shy jungle people called Punans.
From Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917 by Carl Lumholtz
As is the case with the Punans and Bukats, cutting the teeth is optional.
From Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917 by Carl Lumholtz
Aided by the sumpitan the Dayaks and Punans are expert in bringing down the rather shy birds of the tall trees.
From Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917 by Carl Lumholtz
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