Borneo plants used in medicine and ritual
Each plant description has an accompanying detailed drawing like the above. Now swept away by modern medicine, these plants were […]
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Notes on the Earless Monitor Lizard
Earless Monitor Lizard This article is probably the most unintentionally funny article presented by the museum. Enjoy a good laugh!
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Rajah Charles Tax Collectors
Tax Money for Rajah Charles I always wondered where the Rajah Brookes got their money. While going through past copies
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Santubong Iron
Iron Work and Santubong The Santubong delta iron working industry began in 615 AD at the earliest and 900 AD
Why So Many Ibans ?
Why so many Ibans? The author of this article attempts to explain why there are so many Ibans compared to
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This and That #7
An occasional paper consisting of current research pertaining to Borneo. Pua Kumbu and Title History Using a pua kumbu from
Melanau Poison Tale
Melanau Tale On the Oya river, a few bends above Tamin and just below Skuau, there once lived two brothers
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Births among the Selako
The Selako are one of the dyak groups living in Lundu between Malaysia and Indonesia on the border. Batang Saka
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Sarawak River Fishing
Each evening, my wife and sit out on our balcony on the 20th floor of the Riverine Condo. We often
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Tarsier
Note: This is a first person essay which I have abbreviated to fit the Internet form of reading. Enjoy !