صورة حجّاج من سومباوا (جزيرة إندونيسية)

Content
Genre/Subject Matter:

This full-length seated portrait shows three pilgrims from Sumbawa (an Indonesian island in the middle of the Lesser Sunda Islands chain). They squat face forward on the ground, looking towards the camera.

The man on the right is dressed in a pale-coloured thawb with a dark-coloured scarf over his left shoulder and a printed turban on his head. He wears a ring on the little finger of each hand. The man at centre wears a mid-coloured robe with a striped scarf over his left shoulder and a white turban on his head. The man on the left wears a white thawb and a patterned headdress with a ring on the little finger of his right hand.

The three men are photographed in a courtyard-like space with foliage visible in the.

Inscriptions:

Printed above image, in ink:

XXI

Printed beneath image, in ink:

‘Pilger aus Sumbلwa.’

A circular 'British Museum' blind stamp is located in the lower right corner.

Extent and format
1 collotype print
Physical characteristics
Dimensions:

98 x 136 mm

Format:

1 collotype print

Condition:

The print is in good condition.

Foliation:

‘XXI’

Written in
German in Latin script