A Rare Historical Look At Old Indonesia - 25 Photos Taken Pre-1920

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April 14, 2015

A rare and very historical look at Indonesia and its people during the Dutch colonial period.

A Javanese prince with two servants (c. 1865-1870) Tropenmuseum

A man from Batavia carrying his warung (c. 1870) Tropenmuseum

Raden Saleh, a Javanese romantic painter who pioneered modern Indonesian art (c. 1872)old-indische.blogspot.com.au

The Raja of Buleleng, Bali, and his secretary (c. 1875) Tropenmuseum of the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT)

Two Nias warriors in the South Nias Regency (c. 1882-1912) Tropenmuseum

A man with traditional Dayak tattoos (c.1896) sickchirpse.com

Toba Batak head with his family in their home, North Sumatra (c. 1900) Tropenmuseum

Masked men of the theater acting in "Topéing", Java (c. 1900-1920) US Library Of Congress

A Dayak chief (c. 1900-1920) Tropenmuseum of the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT)

Seudati dance performed at Samalanga, Bireun, Aceh (c. 1907) Tropenmuseum of the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT)

A native Balinese woman spinning (c. 1910) old-indische.blogspot.com.au

A Batak family, Sumatra (c. 1910)old-indische.blogspot.com.au

Workers at a construction site for a railway tunnel in the mountains, Java (c. 1910) Tropenmuseum

Kampong residents in Batavia listen to a gramophone (c. 1910)old-indische.blogspot.com.au

A Balinese family (c. 1910-1920) Tropenmuseum

An opium dealer and a smoker (c. 1912) fareastitems.com

A Makassar man (c. 1912) Tropenmuseum of the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT)

Nias tribesmen moving and erecting a megalith (c. 1915)Tropenmuseum of the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT)

Dayak warriors from Longnawan, North Borneo (c. 1917) Tropenmuseum

Baris dancers drinking beer, Bali (c. 1918) fareastitems.com

Students of STOVIA, or "School for the Training of Native Physicians", Batavia (c. 1919) Tropenmuseum

Wood carvers creating masks (c.1919) Tropenmuseum

A Batak farmer, Sumatra (c. 1919) old-indische.blogspot.com.au

An elderly Batak woman, Sumatra (c. 1919) old-indische.blogspot.com.au

A Dayak man with earrings and a lance (c. 1919) Tropenmuseum of the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT)

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