Janus: Photograph collection of the British Association of Malaysia and Singapore

RCS/BAM 6 contains:
<-- See earlier
85	[Football team, Malaya, ? 1920s]
86	[European social gathering, Malaya, ? 1920s]
87	[Social gathering, Malaya, ? 1920s-1920s]
88	[Malay school children doing P.T., circa 1926]
89	[Group photograph, Malaya, ? 1920s]
90	[Nipah estate, Malaya, ? 1920s]
91	[Irrigation drains, Nipah estate, Malaya, ? 1920s]
92	[Planting drain, Nipah estate, Malaya, ? 1920s]
93	Sunlight in the Malayan jungle [? 1920s]
94	Island of Pompong, [circa 1942]
95	Village in Sumatra [? circa 1900]
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Photograph collection of the British Association of Malaysia and Singapore

Title	[Nipah estate, Malaya, ? 1920s]
Reference	BAM 6/90
Creator	Unknown
Covering Dates	1920–1929 ([1920s ?])

Content and context

Photographer unknown.

194 x 141 mm. General view looking along a road in the estate, with nipah palms growing on either side. The leaves from the palm are used in the construction of atap roofs in Malayan houses, the fruit in a preserve, and the juice extracted from the trunk fermented into a toddy. A note on the reverse reads: Main road and reserve for main pipe line to distillery, with main irrigation drains which supply subsidiary drains shown in other photograph. Nipah about 3 years old.

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Malaysia

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