Roy Ellen - Photographs
Photographs
To the south and east of Thailand lies the Indonesian archipelago where two UKC anthropologists have studied. Bill Watson has worked in the Kerinci region of Sumatra, Roy Ellen has conducted field work further east in the various islands of the Moluccas - the fabled spice islands.
Here are a few photographs of their work.
1) Impressions of Seram lifestyles.
2) Adzing sago pith from a palm trunk.
3) Wares available on a marketstall in the provincial capital of Ambon.
- 4) An old woman from Elat in the Kei islands making pots using a paddle-and-anvil technique.
5) Portraits of a people.
