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Fashioning Cultural Representations: Pioneer Colonial Explorers and Dutch Borneo's Gentle Headhunters

Images culturelles du Bornéo néerlandais : les gentils chasseurs de têtes et leurs explorateurs coloniaux

Bernard Sellato

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Abstract: Photographic images of interior Dutch Borneo’s nature and, more par- ticularly, her peoples and cultures are examined as they were produced and used around the turn of the twentieth century, from their creation in the context of pioneer exploration across the island to their presentation and display, in various forms, for consumption by the general public back in Europe. A young Dutch army medical officer, later university professor, Anton Nieuwenhuis, a talented Indo military topo- grapher and photographer, Jean Demmeni, and an elderly Norwegian professional explorer, Carl Lumholtz: These three major, yet quite different, players of the “there and then” scene strongly contributed, each in his own way, through the combined power of their visual and textual testimonies, to the shaping of affirmative representa- tions, ideas, and imageries among their home public about Borneo and the peoples of her hinterland, these independent Dayak tribes, which had long been suffering from prejudiced reports, disrepute, and outright ignominy.
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halshs-04651614 , version 1 (17-07-2024)

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Bernard Sellato. Fashioning Cultural Representations: Pioneer Colonial Explorers and Dutch Borneo's Gentle Headhunters. Moussons : recherches en sciences humaines sur l'Asie du Sud-Est, 2024, 43, pp.5-58. ⟨halshs-04651614⟩
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