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Female Indentured Labourers in the Depot
Théodore van Lelyveld, 1895 - 1898
Here the women wear the white saris (robes) they received when they left Kolkata, and a few hold a hookah (tobacco waterpipe). Visitors are allowed on Sundays. These are mostly Hindustanis looking for relatives, a spouse or news from India. Photographer Van Lelyveld also visits the depot. He notes the name of one woman, ‘Oemranie.’
- Artwork typephotograph
- Object numberRP-F-2009-282-34-2
- Dimensionsheight 117 mm x width 158 mm
- Physical characteristicsdaglichtcollodiumzilverdruk op fotopapier