Cultural History In Focus | “Borneo To Philadelphia: The Furness-Hiller-Harrison Collections” by Adria H. Katz

Hornbill Figure | Kenyalang | Gift of Dr. William H. Furness 3rd, 1898 | Object #: P815B | Penn Museum

Borneo to Philadelphia

The Furness-Hiller-Harrison Collections

by Adria H. Katz

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The following videotape was created to be screened in the 1989 exhibit "The Dayaks, People of the Rainforest" at then University Museum, now the Penn Museum. The exhibit contained artifacts collected by Harrison, Furness and Hiller in the early 1900s.

This article is generously provided for re-publication by Adria H. Katz.
Special thank you to Adria H. Katz, Jane Hickman, and Expedition Magazine.

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Sword | Mandau | Gift of Dr. William H. Furness 3rd, 1898 | Object #: P1232A | Penn Museum

Hook for Hanging Bladed Weapons | Gift of Dr. William H. Furness 3rd, 1898 | Object #: P611 | Penn Museum

Hornbill Figure | Kenyalang | Gift of Dr. William H. Furness 3rd, 1898 | Object #: P815B | Penn Museum

Dayak Warrior’s Headdress | Gift of Dr. William H. Furness 3rd, 1898 | Object #: P1139B | Penn Museum

Hornbill Figure | Kenyalang | Gift of Dr. William H. Furness 3rd, 1898 | Object #: P815A | Penn Museum

Kayan Baby Carrier | Gift of Dr. William H. Furness 3rd, 1898 | Object #: P628 | Penn Museum

"The Tattooing of a Kayan Married Woman," (c. 1896-98), photograph by Furness. Illustration from The Home-Life of Borneo Head-Hunters (1902).

Dr. William H. Furness 3rd in Yokohama, Japan 1890’s.

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Author | Adria H. Katz
Publication | Expedition Magazine — Penn Museum
Year of Publication | 1988
Publication Website | www.penn.museum/research/expedition-magazine