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Two caterpillar hunters showing catch on plantation on Sumatra
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Two caterpillar hunters showing catch on plantation on Sumatra

anonymous · c. 1900 - c. 1920 · gelatin silver print; paper; photographic support

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

Possibly depicts contract labourers. Part of a travel album with photographs of industry and sights in Sumatra and Java and of the journey to and from the Dutch East Indies.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
albumbladphotographplantationworking class, labourerscatching animalstobaccoSumatra
Credit lineTwee rupsenzoeksters tonen vangst op plantage op Sumatra. c. 1900 - c. 1920. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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