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The Punan Ba klirieng burial pole - Sarawak Museum

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posted on 2023-02-28, 17:37 authored by Tracy Peter SamatTracy Peter Samat
The Punan Ba burial pole procured by the Sarawak Museum. The artefact was proposed to be relocated to and exhibited at the Borneo Cultures Museum. The Punan community were invited to perform the Bungan ritual on the 15 October 2020 at the ethnology collections site before the artefact could be moved to the new museum. It is a mass event attended by officials of the Sarawak Council of Native Customs and Traditions, researchers of the University of Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS), contractors who were responsible for moving the artefact and the Punan and members of their association

History

Session

M04

Rights owner

Durham University / Sarawak Museum

Title alt

Klirieng Punan Ba - Muzium Sarawak

Description alt

Klirieng Punan Ba yang diperolehi oleh Muzium Sarawak. Artifak tersebut telah dicadangkan untuk dipindahkan dan dipamerkan di Borneo Cultures Museum. Oleh itu, komuniti Punan telah dijemput untuk mengadakan upacara ritual di bahagian koleksi etnologi pada 15 Oktober 2020 sebelum artifak tersebut dipindahkan ke muzium baru. Turut hadir dalam upacara tersebut ialah kakitangan kerajaan dari Majlis Adat Istiadat Sarawak, penyelidik dari Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS), kontraktor yang telah dilantik untuk perpindahan artifak berkenaan dan komuniti Punan yang mewakili Persatuan Punan

Cultural group

Punan Ba

Country

Malaysia

Place

Sarawak Museum, Kuching

Item/object

Klirieng (burial pole) of the Punan Ba in the Sarawak Museum collection

Museum name

Sarawak Museum

Museum collections documentation

2020/40

Cultural context/event

Ceremony

Intent

Material culture

Date of creation

2020-10-07

Unique ID

2019SG05-M04-0140