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Heppell, Michael

Michael Heppell has done fieldwork with three Dayak groups living across the borders between West Kalimantan and Sarawak. His principal interest was in the relationship between the upbringing of children and the operation of adat. Later he became interested in the material culture of Borneo, which led to an interest in textiles. He has had published a number of books and papers on Aborigines in the 1970s and on Borneo since that date, including Borneo and Beyond, Masks of Kalimantan and Iban Art. He is an adjunct fellow at Monash. Japanese Studies Centre Seminar