The Berawan Courthouse Paintings of 1955


 

THE SARAWAK MUSEUM JOURNAL
VOL LXXVI NO.97 DECEMBER 2016

 
 
Title : 
The Berawan Courthouse Paintings of 1955.

Author : 
Dora Jok, Louise Macul and Peter Siman

Abstract:
“Eight Kenyah [Berawan] from Long Jegan were engaged in making beautiful carvings and paintings to form a permanent part of the decoration of the reconstructed and renewed Supreme Court.” Sarawak Annual Report 1955: 145

DOI:
https://doi.org/10.61507/smj22-2016-OERT-01


How to cite:
Dora Jok et. all (2016). The Berawan Courthouse Paintings of 1955. The Sarawak Museum Journal, LXXVI (97) : 1-28

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