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March 07, 2004

Penan Shelter, Sarawak, Malaysia, 1998

Photograph by Maria Stenzel

A Penan family builds a traditional temporary shelter from palm fronds, saplings, and rattan. A lamin takes only about an hour to build, but lasts a month.

(Text adapted from "Vanishing Cultures," August 1999, National Geographic magazine)

(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Vanishing Cultures," August 1999, National Geographic magazine)