File:Malayan Emergency Iban headhunter.jpg
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English: An Iban headhunter in Malaya prepares a human scalp above a container of human body parts. The British allowed Iban headhunters to keep the scalps of pro-independence fighters as a way of encouraging them to fight.
On the 7 May 1952 this image was sent by communist activists to British politicians in an attempt to expose British atrocities during the Malayan Emergency (1948-1960). This image was then first published on the 10 May 1952, by the Daily Worker (Morning Star), a British communist newspaper. |
| Date | Unknown date. Earliest known copy dates to 7 May 1952. |
| Source | "Communist propaganda in Malaya: identification of terrorists. Includes 3 photographs depicting: Malaya: British soldier holding decapitated heads of two guerillas; Dyak headhunter wearing beret and badge of Royal Marine Commandos carrying cleaned out scalp of guerilla. Dated 1952." UK National Archives. Kew Gardens. Reference: CO 1022/45 |
| Author | Anonymous photographer |
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| current | 12:44, 31 July 2022 | 2,272 × 3,312 (1.49 MB) | The History Wizard of Cambridge | Uploaded a work by Anonymous photographer from UK National Archives, Kew Gardens with UploadWizard |
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