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
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Klirieng Punan Ba - Muzium Sarawak
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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