Photo Album of Suriname 1903–1910. 'Souvenir de Voyage', Part 3

Many women coming to Suriname from India travel alone or with their children. The bottom photograph shows a group of indentured labourers asleep on a ship's deck. The woman in the front left keeps a watchful eye on the photographer. She wears bangles (Indian bracelets) and leans on a gathri, a cotton bundle of belongings. The distinctive box in the middle probably contains the group's valuables.