ABSTRACT
As part of a heritage awakening, from the 1960s onwards the Kelabit people began to look to the past to help define and prioritise the values of their future. This chapter examines the implications of this process for heritage interpretation at the Kelabit Highlands Community Museum through a discussion of material culture and its associated values. It focuses on the extent to which a breach in the transmission of knowledge and limited access to historical accounts limits the understandings about the treasured items that reside in longhouses and private collections.
