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A Hunter's Collection (1)

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Subject :A Hunter's Collection (1)
Published By : None 
Location : Malaya
Estimated Year : 1940
Media Type : Photograph
Source : Lent by and returned to Guan Hoe Company, Ipoh
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This is series of pictures show Hunters and their 'fruits' of their hunt.

The following descriptions were provided by our donor. From left to right:

  • A Teluk Intan hunter is our Cheah Choon Ho. Owner of one 12 bore semi-auto shotgun and a 9mm pistol.
    Shoots regularly in the Bagan Datoh, Hutan Melintang, Teluk Intan area.
    He is a merchant wholesaler of petrol, diesel products.
    He’d accosted for many rusa deer, wild boar in the southern Perak region.
  • The fourth seladang, 1934 - shot by Eric Foenander, Pahang
  • A herd of seladang, at dusk , photograph by Eric Foenander, circa 1930, Lanchang.
  • Among Perak hunters, Mr Loke is recognised as a veracious fierce hunter. It had been said that at 3000 wild boars killed he gave a dinner for his friends to celebrate his kills.
    At 6000 wild boar killed, he again gave a sumptuous dinner to his hunter friends.
    His weapon as follows: 44 magnum revolver ruger; 270 rifle Kleingunter, Germany changed to 30-06 Remington bolt action rifle.

 

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