A Dayak, Dyak or Dayuh man from the island of Borneo, seen here in gala costume. Every year or two the Dayaks hold a feast called Gawai Autu in honour of the departed spirits which they believe surround the heads which hang in their houses. After a 19th century photograph.

---

A Dayak, Dyak or Dayuh man from the island of Borneo, seen here in gala costume. Every year or two the Dayaks hold a feast called Gawai Autu in honour of the departed spirits which they believe surround the heads which hang in their houses. After a 19th century photograph. From Customs of The World, published circa 1913.

---

Size: 3570px × 4926px
Photo credit: © Classic Image / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 19th, asia, asian, autu, borneo, century, costume, culture, cultures, custom, customs, dayak, dayaks, dayuh, dead, deceased, departed, dress, dyak, ethnic, feast, festival, gala, gawai, hang, heads, honor, honoring, honour, honouring, houses, indigenous, island, man, native, natives, nineteenth, people, peoples, practice, ritual, rituals, spirits, surround, tradition, traditional, tribal, tribe