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Malay man chopping wood, with some Malay boys looking on : general view
Streets and Places · Personalities · Heritage and Culture · Percy Hill CollectionThis is a photograph showing a Malay man chopping wood, watched by two boys. In the background, several more men and smoke from a cooking fire in an attap shelter can be seen. Title devised by Library staff. -
Sampans and houses on stilts along a river : general view
Sports and Recreation · Streets and Places · Arts · Percy Hill CollectionSeen in this photograph is a peaceful kampong scene with some sampans moored near houses on stilts along a river. There are two other sampans in the water, one of which has a woman dressed in red standing in it. Title devised by Library staff. -
Three Malay boys sitting beside the river in a kampong : group photograph
Arts · Geography and Travels · Streets and Places · Heritage and Culture · Percy Hill CollectionThis photograph shows a picturesque scene of attap houses built on stilts on the banks of a river. In the centre of the photograph, three Malay boys are seen sitting casually on a rock, while to the right, several boats can be seen on the river. Title devised by Library... -
Sampans and houses on stilts along a river with a boat in the foreground : general view
Transportation · Streets and Places · Percy Hill CollectionThis is a photograph of a village scene showing some sampans moored near houses on stilts along a river. In the foreground in the right hand corner is a sampan with a woman in pink bending over, her right hand holding on to a pole in the water. Title devised... -
Attap houses on stilts along waterside : general view
Arts · Streets and Places · Percy Hill CollectionCaptured here is a general view of attap houses built on stilts, with their reflections mirrored in the water. Title devised by Library staff. Date of creation estimated. -
Attap house on stilts along a waterfront : exterior
Arts · Streets and Places · Percy Hill CollectionShown in this photograph is an attap house built on wooden stilts along a waterfront. The roof and walls are made of attap. At the side is a walkway ending with a ladder leading into the water. Title devised by Library staff. Date of creation estimated. -
Kampong with three attap houses and coconut trees : general view
Streets and Places · Arts · Percy Hill CollectionThis is a photograph showing three attap houses nestling among coconut trees in a kampong. In the foreground is a narrow mud track. Title devised by Library staff. -
Sampans and attap houses on stilts along a river bank : general view
Sports and Recreation · Streets and Places · Percy Hill CollectionA picturesque view is taken here of attap houses built on stilts along a river bank, and in the foreground, several sampans are shown anchored on the sand. Date of creation estimated. Title devised by Library staff.