صورة حجّاج من شرق جاوا، إندونيسيا

Content
Genre/Subject Matter:

This full-length seated portrait shows three pilgrims from Pasuruan and Malang in eastern Java. They face forward on the ground, looking towards the camera, except for the man on the left, who faces slightly to his left and sits on a folding metal chair.

The man on the right is dressed in a pale shirt and batik sarong with a patterned turban and sandals. He holds a piece of paper in his left hand. The man at centre wears a mid-coloured double-breasted shirt buttoned to a high collar as well as a pale cloth about his legs over a checked sarong. On his head he wears a white close-fitting cap and a pale, fringed scarf over his left shoulder and sandals. The man on the left wears a batik sarong, a mid-coloured shirt and shawl, a pale-coloured turban and sandals.

The three men are photographed in a courtyard-like space with foliage and a window, fronted by bars, visible in the background.

Inscriptions:

Printed above image, in ink:

XXI

Printed beneath image, in ink:

‘Pilger aus Malang and Pasurْan (Java).’

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

Extent and format
1 collotype print
Physical characteristics
Dimensions:

104 x 137 mm

Format:

1 collotype print

Condition:

The print is in good condition.

Foliation:

‘XXI’

Written in
German in Latin script