Guide to the Papers of Derek and Monica Freeman

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MS Acc02.055

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Collection Summary

Creator
Derek Freeman
Title
Papers of Derek and Monica Freeman
Date Range
1950-1958
Collection Number
MS Acc02.055
Extent
1.2 metres (8 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
English
Repository
National Library of Australia

Introduction

Scope and Contents

the collection comprises Derek Freeman's Iban field notes together with copies, and several originals, of related ethnographic drawings by Monica Freeman.

Conditions Governing Access

Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn143081).

Conditions Governing Use

Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.

Preferred Citation

Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Derek and Monica Freeman, National Library of Australia, MS Acc12.055, [box number and series and/or file number]'.

Item Descriptions

Class MS Acc02.055. Original Consignment

comprises copies of field notebooks Derek Freeman compiled when he carried out research among the Iban people of Sarawak in 1949-1951 and 1957-1958 (26 boxes)

Class MS Acc12.055. Consignment Received 2012

Series. Rumah Tungku Sungaitiau

Photocopies of research notes on house composition, movements and reasons for these, infant mortality, 1958 (File 15) - Box 5

Series. Animals Iban weaving

Photocopies of drawings of designs, 1949, 1950 (File 31) - Box 6
Photocopies of drawings of designs, 1949, 1950 (File 32) - Box 6

Series. Beads (Iban)

Photocopies of drawings of beads, 1951 (File 24) - Box 6

Grouped in sheets by bead location

Series. Birds: Iban weaving

Photocopies of drawings of designs, 1950 (File 33) - Box 6

Series. Birth

Photocopies of research notes, including on pregnancy and birth practices, customs and ritual prohibitions (pemali), 1949, 1958 (File 10) - Box 4

Series. Birth (Iban)

Photocopy of a drawing of mother and newly born baby, 1950 (File 20) - Box 6

Series. Children

Photocopies of research notes relating to children, including on birth rituals, family relationships, behaviours, development, sexual roles and punishment, 1949, 1950 (File 9) - Box 3

Series. Crocodiles (& lizards) Iban weaving

Photocopies of drawings of designs, 1950, 1951 (File 55) - Box 8

Series. Dancing & Misc. (Iban)

Photocopies of drawings of dancing and of headhunting in costume, 1949 (File 35) - Box 7

Series. Death rituals (Iban)

Photocopy of drawing of death scene (File 36) - Box 7

Series. Decorative motifs. Iban weaving

Photocopies of drawings of designs, 1950 (File 57) - Box 8

Series. Drawings by Igoh anak Impin

Photocopies of drawings of designs and notes, 1950 (File 72) - Box 8

Drawings by others than Monica Freeman

Series. Drawings by Jarau

Photocopies of drawings of designs, figures, animals and birds, 1950 (File 73) - Box 8

Drawings by others than Monica Freeman

Series. Drawings by Legan anak Nyat

Photocopies of drawings of designs (File 71) - Box 8

Drawings by others than Monica Freeman

Series. Drawings by Renggi anak Bungai

Photocopies of drawings of figures and animals, 1951 (File 70) - Box 8

Drawings by others than Monica Freeman

Series. Faces Iban weaving

Photocopies of drawings of designs, 1950, 1951 (File 58) - Box 8

Series. Fish. Iban weaving

Photocopies of drawings of designs, 1950 (File 59) - Box 8

Series. Fishing (Iban)

Photocopies of drawings of fish nets and traps and of fish, 1949, 1950 (File 37) - Box 7

Series. Food

Photocopies of research notes, including on diet, cooking methods, food during sickness and medicine for wounds, burns and stings, 1949, 1950 (File 3) - Box 1

Series. Head hunting. Iban weaving

Photocopies of drawings of designs, 1950 (File 60) - Box 8

Series. Headhunting

Photocopies of drawings of skull arrangement and of design, 1950, 1951 (File 38) - Box 7

Series. Houses and land (Iban)

Original drawings of long house ; photocopies of drawings of houses, land and trees, 1949, 1950 (File 39) - Box 7

Series. Human figures. Iban weaving

Photocopy of drawing of design and notes, 1950 (File 61) - Box 8

Series. Iban activities

Photocopies of drawings of domestic activities and customs, 1950 (File 19) - Box 6

Series. Iban portraits

Original drawings and photocopies of drawings of people, 1949,1951 (File 48) - Box 7

Series. Iban weaving

Photocopies of drawings of designs, 1949, 1950 (File 30) - Box 6

Series. Implements (&materials) Iban weaving

Photocopies of drawings of implements, plants and products, 1950 (File 28) - Box 6

Series. Insects. Iban weaving

Photocopies of drawings of designs and notes, 1950 (File 62) - Box 8

Series. Kain Kebat

Photocopies of drawings of designs, 1950 (File 56) - Box 8
Drawings (original and photocopies) of human figures and designs, 1950 (File 22) - Box 6

Series. Kajang & Kayan

Original drawing of seated woman: photocopies of drawings of women and girls; boy playing nose flute; and plaing stone on top of klireng (burial pole), 1950 (File 40) - Box 7

Series. Kinyalang Ritual (Iban)

Photocopies of drawings (one in colour) of ornaments, implements, objects and carvings associated with rituals, 1949, 1950 (File 41) - Box 7

Series. Manang Punan batu Bukitan, etc

Photocopies of research notes, including on genealogy (notes, tables and charts), 1950 (File 6) - Box 2

Series. Manang Sindo

Photocopies of drawings of woman (Manang Sindo) and of her batu pinggol (whetstone), 1950 (File 43) - Box 7

Series. Material culture (Iban)

Photocopies of drawings of objects, jars, bowls and implements, 1950 (File 42) - Box 7

Series. Material objects. Iban weaving

Photocopies of drawings of designs, 19,501,951 (File 63) - Box 8

Series. MISC (Iban)

Photocopies of drawings, including of women (spinning and their dress) and of designs painted on bilek walls, 1950 (File 17) - Box 6

Series. Miscellaneous

Includes residence plan; and photocopies of drawings of people, objects, designs and a longhouse, 1949, 1950 (File 23) - Box 6
Includes: original drawings of design; coloured drawings of beads; and photocopies of drawings of designs, objects, domestic activities, head hunting in costume and longhouse, 1949, 1950 (File 25) - Box 6

many undated

Photcopies of drawings, including dance, skull piece, activities, scenery, and designs, 1949, 1951 (File 27) - Box 6

Series. Musical instruments (Iban)

Photocopies of drawings of musical instruments, 1949, 1950 (File 44) - Box 7

Series. Naga. Iban

Photocopies of drawings of designs, 1950 (File 64) - Box 8

Naga is a serpent figure

Series. Natural phenomena. Iban weaving

Photocopies of drawings of designs, 1950, 1951 (File 65) - Box 8

Series. Orang Panggau. Iban weaving

Photocopies of drawings of designs and notes, 1949, 1950 (File 66) - Box 8

Orang Panggau are spirit heroes and heroines

Series. Padi cultivation (incl. Implements) (Iban)

Photocopies of drawings of implements, baskets and methods, 1949, 1950 (File 45) - Box 7

Series. Padi rituals (Iban)

Photocopies of drawings of ritual objects and processes, 1949, 1950 (File 47) - Box 7

Series. Palang (Iban)

Photocopies of drawings of Palang (body piercing) implements and designs, 1950, 1951 (File 46) - Box 7

Series. pengulu & Tuai Rumah. Personal Kindreds of Kubu and Gering

Photocopies of research notes, including on genealogy (notes, tables and charts), 1950 (File 7) - Box 3

Sarawak Genealogy Book No 4

Series. Personal ornamentation Iban weaving

Photocopies of drawings of designs, 1950 (File 54) - Box 8

Series. Pottery (Iban)

Photocopies of drawings of pottery objects and implements, 1949 (File 49) - Box 7

Series. Processes Iban Weaving

Photocopies of drawings of implements and techniques, 1950 (File 29) - Box 6

Series. Protective devices

Photocopies of drawings of objects and masks, 1949 (File 50) - Box 7

Series. Pua Sungkit. Iban weaving

Photocopies of drawings of designs, 1950 (File 67) - Box 8

For ritual cloths

Series. Rituals (Iban) objects

Photocopies of drawings of ritual objects and settings, 1949,1950 (File 51) - Box 7

Series. Rumah Kubu (History of)

Photocopies of research notes on house plans, composition, genealogies and inter relations (File 13) - Box 5

Series. Rumah Nyala Sungai Sut 1957

Photocopies of research notes on census, house composition, interrelationships, peoples movements and partition practices, 1957 (File 14) - Box 5
Photocopies of research notes, including on genealogy (notes, tables and charts), 1950 (File 5) - Box 2

Series. Rumah Rabong Sungai Mujong 1958

photocopies of research notes on long house composition and interrelationships, 1958 (File 16) - Box 6

Series. Rumah Sibat Sungai Melinau

Photocopies of research notes, including on long house and kinship arrangemnts, 1950 (File 4) - Box 2
Photocopies of research notes on long house composition and changes, 1958 (File 11) - Box 4

Series. Rumah Tungku Sungaitiau

Photocopies of research notes, including on kinship, marriage and long house composition and relationships, 1950 (File 1) - Box 1

Series. Saribas 1951 Gansurai Plandok

Photocopies of research notes, including on genealogy (notes, tables and charts), 1951 (File 8) - Box 3

Sarawak Genealogy Book No 6

Series. Serpents. Iban weaving

Photocopies of drawings of designs and notes, 1950 (File 69) - Box 8

Series. Shaman charms (Iban)

Photocopies of drawings of charms and objects, 1950 (File 53) - Box 8

Series. Sickness

Photocopies of research notes, including on treatments, magic and mythology, 1949, 1950 (File 2) - Box 1

Series. Tattooing (Bukitani kajang etc)

Photocopies of drawings of tattoo designs, 1950 (File 21) - Box 6

Grouped into: Kejaman: Kanowit; Bukitan, Lesum, Kanwoit and Kejaman

Series. Tattooing (Iban female)

Photocopies of drawings of tattoo designs, 1949, 1951 (File 52) - Box 8

Box includes folder covers identifying the Iban drawings by Monica Freeman. Also loose coloured drawing (Iban Women at a Bathing Place) and sight seeing sketches (humurous) , all by Monica Freeman

Series. Tattooing (Iban male)

Photocopies of drawings of tattoo designs, 19,491,951 (File 34) - Box 7

Series. Teladan Pua. Iban weaving

Photocopies of drawings of designs, 1950 (File 68) - Box 8

Series. Tuai Rumah Tuai Burong etc 1958

Photocopies of research notes on long house composition at different dates (1949 and 1958), 1958 (File 12) - Box 4

Series. Weapons (Iban)

Photocopies of drawings of weapons, 1949, 1950 (File 26) - Box 6

Series. Wood carving

Photocopies of carved figures and other wooden carvings, 1949, 1950 (File 18) - Box 6

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