Date : 1 Jul 2008 - 31 Jul 2008
Location : Orang Asli Crafts Museum, Department of Museums Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur

The Orang Asli or Aborigines are known for their arts and cultures. Their life is full of mystic and beliefs towards nature. Although some of them have been influenced by modernity, their arts and heritage remain intact. Among the crafts that they still preserve is carving of masks and sculptures as an activity during their leisure times and used for their ritual ceremonies.

The arts are in line with their belief, imagination and worldview on god and sprits. Their imagination can be seen through their carving which were given various names similar to nature such as land, rainbow, thunder, mind, sea and earth. The crafts of wood carving has received tremendous interests from anthropologists. Of all the eighteen tribes in this country, the Mahmeri and Jahut are the dominant ones especially in the area of wood carving of sculptures and masks.
Other activities during exhibitions: -
- Sewang Dance
- Traditional Orang Asli Cuisines
- Accessories
Technique on making the tree bark clothing, beads necklace, ‘selempar’ and ‘simpai’.
- Musical Instruments
Technique of making and playing an Orang
Asli musical instruments such as flute,
keranting, centong, rebab, ect
- Hunting Tools / Traditional healing
Technique on making fish traps, hatchet and various traps.
The use of herbs and plants as medicine
- Blowpipes
Technique on making blowpipes, dart quiver, darts & Ipoh poison.
How to use blowpipes
- Weaving
Technique on making mat, basket, tabacco box, etc.