DAYAK LUNDAYEH REING BASKET DECORATED WITH PAINT. PHOTO: JOHN BOYD MACDONALD – TAASA Review June 2019
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This article was originally found in the June 2019 edition of TAASA Review (Volume 28, Issue 2, Page 18).
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Such two week facilitated workshops are a critical component in the craftsmanshipcentred approach employed by master Dayak Aoheng artisan `trainer’, Theodora Hangin Bang, and Paulus Kadok, a Dayak Benuaq and Head of the CCP.
A few senior Kenyah women had pieces of the puzzle: a couple knew how to best harvest bamboo and process the raw materials; others remembered how to prepare the natural dyes.
Most had not plaited for years, others were new to plaiting...