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Crafts and trap-making

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Wooden replicas of jʹwaaj caŋkơᵏ, spoon-shaped bush knives, the first iron tools that the Temiars possessed.

Wooden replicas of jɛx, adzes, the first iron tools that the Temiars possessed.

Wooden replicas of tarơg, hunting spears, the first iron tools that the Temiars possessed.

An original spearhead used by the Temiars for hunting.

Great hardwood trees could be felled with the help of the iron adze.

Stone adzes, found in a cave at Gəmbalah, that most likely predate the use of iron.

Hair combs made of bamboo.

The late ˀAbơơŋ ˀAbus of Jadɛɛr village, works on a basket of pandanus.

ˀAlɛɛg, the Temiar back-basket, was soft but durable, and was carried everywhere.

Every handiwork fits a specific purpose, such as the ˀapơᵏ, the betel nut pouch.

ˀApííl, ﬂoor mats, were used for sleeping on and treading grain.

The Temiar cʹnơơs, a bracelet braided from a single length of rattan skin.

Braiding the cʹnơơs from a single length of rattan skin.

The cʹnơơs hukom, or judgment bracelet, was used by an elder to settle quarrels.

Dry gourds such as these were used for carrying water.

Village children are creative: boys make wooden cars and girls play with stick dolls.

Play houses are made from manioc leaf stems.

The bark of the cox tree was stripped off and tied to baskets for straps.

The late ˀAtíh ˀAlơŋ, of Tanjuŋ village, sorts kariyɛl seeds, for threading on strings.

Kariyɛl seeds, Job's tears, are threaded on strings and worn across the chest.

A tɛnwaag, or chest band, made of kariyɛl seeds.

Tɛmpɔɔᵏ headbands made of sataax grass.

The kʹrəp, a bamboo guitar made of a tube with two strings, is played on and off the stomach to make two tones.

The siyơy, a bamboo nose flute.

ˀAyơb Bərlɛɛy carefully crafts a joríx mouth harp from palm skin.

A joríg, the Temiar mouth harp, complete with a porcupine quill tug.

A Temiar of Bʹrơg village weaves the board of a new rice tray.

ˀAlʉj Sisam shows his work on a gadaŋ tray, using a clamp to hold the ring to the strands, until the tying is finished.

One weaving pattern used for a rice tray.

The Temiar bʹlaaw is decorated with hand-carvings.

A blowpipe tip is tightened with a winding of bəx vine.

A fully loaded blow-dart quiver, with saməl cotton in the lid..

Dried palm skins are split into new blow-darts.

Blow-darts, with poison-coated tips, drying by the fire.

A hunter spreads gum onto new gumming strands, over a fire, to cook the gum. (Credit: ˀAnɛl)

A kɛm trap, set on a leaning bamboo pole.

A kɛm trap tied to a slanting tree.

The kɛm utilised a catapulting tree to pull a cord that slid up the trap and constricted the rodent in its top.

Rattan triangles hang over a fire place, with a bundle of tug cords, in preparation for tying traps.

A kɛm trap with ‘ears’, that prevent the rodent running around the side.

The porcupine trap, hidden between walls of foliage.

The kɛmbɔɔd, or bait-in-a-hole trap, caught rats when they wobbled the bait stick.

The sơic nuts left at a baiting place on a trapping line.

The raaj spear trap, with the komax ring holding down the release stick clearly seen.

Temiars construct a pad trap, which is similar in design to the raaj trap, but without the spearhead, only a pole.

The línís stick is inserted into a cord and bent down, to hold the catapult in place.

The trap is set, ready to strike at an intruder.

A Temiar prepares the funnel of his pacơ̄ơ̄ᵏ, an egg-shaped fish trap.

A new pacơ̄ơ̄ᵏ fish trap.

Egg-shaped fish traps are preferred for sinking in river pools.

A marɛɛx, an ingenious method for stranding fish. (Credit: Jadɛɛr)

The barbs of the kadɔɔᵏ-dax vine were used in the old days for fishing hooks.

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