A Rare Historical Look At Old Indonesia (25 Pics)
A rare and very historical photos of Indonesia and its people during the Dutch colonial period.
A Javanese prince with two servants, c. 1865 - 1870
A man from Batavia carrying a warung, c. 1870
Raden Saleh, a Javanese romantic painter who pioneered modern Indonesian art, c. 1872
The Raja of Buleleng, Bali, and his secretary, c. 1875
Two Nias warriors in the South Nias Regency, c. 1882-1912
A man with traditional Dayak tattoos, c.1896
Toba Batak head with his family in their home, North Sumatra, c. 1900
Masked men of the theater acting in "Topéing", Java, c. 1900 - 1920
A Dayak chief, c. 1900 - 1920
Seudati dance performed at Samalanga, Bireun, Aceh, c. 1907
A native Balinese woman spinning, c. 1910
A Batak family, Sumatra, c. 1910
Workers at a construction site for a railway tunnel in the mountains, Java (c. 1910)
Kampong residents in Batavia listen to a gramophone, c. 1910
A Balinese family, c. 1910 - 1920
An opium dealer and a smoker, c. 1912
A Makassar man, c. 1912
Nias tribesmen moving and erecting a megalith, c. 1915
Dayak warriors from Longnawan, North Borneo, c. 1917
Baris dancers drinking beer, Bali, c. 1918
Students of STOVIA, or "School for the Training of Native Physicians", Batavia, c. 1919
Wood carvers creating masks, c.1919
A Batak farmer, Sumatra, c. 1919
An elderly Batak woman, Sumatra, c. 1919
A Dayak man with earrings and a lance, c. 1919
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