Full-length studio portrait of a woman seated on an armchair with her feet on a footstool, her retinue of servants grouped around her. Image in carte de visite format.
Java. Painting Sarongs. Photographer: Woodbury and Page
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Men and women at work in the roadway in front of a house. 'Production of kain batik on K. F.Holle's plantation Waspada near Garut. Traditionally the wax design was carefully applied to the cloth by female workers with a specially designed pen.' (Steven Wachlin, Woodbury and Page (KITLV Press, L...
Java. Painting Sarongs. Photographer: Woodbury and Page
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Women at work on batik pieces on the verandah of a house. 'Production of kain batik on K .F.Holle's plantation Waspada near Garut. Kain means cloth, while batik refers to a traditional technique of painting textile.' (Steven Wachlin, Woodbury and Page (KITLV Press, Leiden, 1994), p. 98). Photog...
Full-length studio portrait of a seated figure, his retinue (one holding a ceremonial umbrella), grouped around him on the floor. Image in carte de visite size.
Batavian Dancing Girl. Photographer: Woodbury and Page
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Full-length studio group portrait of a woman in costume, with musicians seated around her. This particular group played wayang topeng, one of the traditional varieties of Javanese theatre, in which the players performed roles while wearing topeng or masks made out of wood. Such groups usually d...