Borneo Collection (page 4)

Blue-spotted Mudskipper fish (dorsal fins are down) basks in the sun in a small muddy stream along a road (Boleophthalmus boddarti). Labuk Bay, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia; June

Brunei scouts in a tent
Brunei scouts relaxing in a tent, Borneo, south-east Asia

Three Brunei scouts securing ropes, Borneo, south-east Asia

Brunei scouts at camp, Borneo, south-east Asia

Borneo, Indonesia - Passer Market Scene in Kendangan
Borneo, Indonesia - Passer (Market) Scene in Kendangan Date: 1913

Borneo, Indonesia - Bandjermasin (the capital of Former Dutch Borneo) Date: circa 1903

Dyak people outside their house, Borneo (Indonesia). An elder son of the family has adopted western, colonial dress, further evidenced by the presence of a bicycle in the entrance to the family home

Borneo, Indonesia - dock for canoes to Pontianak
Borneo, Indonesia - dock for canoes heading to Pontianak, the capital of the Indonesian province of West Kalimantan. Date: circa 1910s

Pongo pygmaeus, Orang utan
This glorious orang utan was shot by naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace in the mid-1800s

Characteristic Mammals of Borneo. Alfred Russell Wallace (1823-1913)

Herochroma mansfieldi, moth

Borneo amber
Piece of Borneo amber originating from the Middle Miocene about 15 million years old. Donated by John Noad

Lophura bulweri, Bulwers pheasant
Plate 13 from John Goulds The Birds of Asia, Vol. 7, (1850-83). Hand coloured lithograph

Appias nero, orange albatross butterfly
Photograph of a mounted specimen of an orange albatross butterfly collected by Wallace from Sarawak, Borneo

Racial Types / Borneo
Iban women are as much at home as their menfolk, in a canoe on one of the mighty rivers of Borneo, Indonesia. Date: 1930s

Borneo / Lake Scene 1883
Borneo scenery: a deserted lake Date: 1883

Diamond Hunting / Borneo
Natives hunting for diamonds in a river, Borneo. They sieve through the silt in the hope that they will find diamonds. Date: 1883

Borneo / Sintang 1883
Borneo: general view of Sintang Date: 1883

Orangutang
Study of an orangutang

Borneo Sago poster
Poster depicting a stylised scene in Borneo showing sago being harvested. Sago is a type of starch found in the soft innards of certain palms

People of Borneo
A large crowd of villagers from a village in Borneo, Indonesia - then a Dutch colony (The Dutch East Indies)

The Wild Men of Borneo, London, 1898
Photograph showing Waino and Plutaino, the Wild Men of Borneo, pictured in 1898 when they were part of P.T. Barnums travelling circus

Borneo / Chiefs Daughter
The youngest daughter of the Chief of Kenowit with huge earrings which have streched her earlobes

Borneo / Dyak Drying Heads
The Dyak method of drying heads. The enemys head is cut off, the brains scooped out before being hung (as shown) on a rod of bamboo

BORNEO
Three natives of Borneo: two warriors (Dyaks) and a princess

Racial / Indonesia / Borneo?
Two people from Mate Calo (or Mata Calo), Borneo(?)

Borneo / Sarawak / Kuching
Sarawak: Kuching harbour, with ships

British at Labuan
Ceremony of hoisting the British flag on the island of Labuan, southwest coast of Borneo

Borneo Brunei
General view of the town

Borneo General View
General view in the country of the Western Dyaks : an elegant bamboo bridge spans the river

Blowpipe Borneo 18C
BLOWPIPE used by Biajos or mountaineers of Borneo

Indonesia Borneo
An Indonesia woman, a warrior (Dyak) and a rich young lady

Dyak couple, Borneo
A Dyak couple, Borneo

Brooke Negotiates Treaty
James Brooke negotiates his first treaty with the Sultan of Borneo

Borneo / Chinese Store
Borneo scenery: a Chinese store in North Borneo

Racial Types Malay
(L) Dyaks from Borneo - NE and SW coasts : (R) natives of Java - priest, lady and gentleman

Boulton and Orang Utang
Combat of the Englishman Boulton with an orang utang in Borneo : but what Mr B. was doing there, and why he should wish to fight an orang, we do not know

Magellan in Borneo
Magelhaes visits the king of Sebu, Borneo

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