Month: March 2020

Malino Conference, July 1946. Dancing girls of the Arampone of Bone. July 1946.

Dancing Girls of the Arampone of Bone. Malino Conference, July 1946. Netherlands East Indies Information Service.

Dancing Girls of the Arampone of Bone. Malino Conference, July 1946. Netherlands East Indies Information Service.

Dancing Girls of the Arampone of Bone. Malino Conference, July 1946. Netherlands East Indies Information Service.

Dancing Girls of the Rajah of Goa. Malino Conference, July 1946. Netherlands East Indies Information Service.

Dancing Girls of the Rajah of Goa. Malino Conference, July 1946. Netherlands East Indies Information Service.

View of lightly wooded mountain scenery. Malino Conference, July 1946. Netherlands East Indies Information Service.

A member of the guard of honour, which welcomed the Lieutenant Governor General. Malino Conference, July 1946. Netherlands East Indies…

A rider of Goa, one of the guard of honour which welcomed the Lieutenant Governor General. Malino Conference, July 1946….

The pipe band of the Patiala Regiment plays at the parade held in honour of the King’s Official Birthday on…

Bandmaster of the Patiala Regiment at the King’s Birthday Parade, Batavia. Ca. 1946. Netherlands East Indies Information Service.

Piper of the Patiala Regiment playing at the parade on the King’s Official Birthday on June 13th on the Koningsplein,…

Indonesian man, Batavia. Ca. 1946. Netherlands East Indies Information Service.

Guard of honour on horseback, possibly at the Malino Conference, July 1946. Netherlands East Indies Information Service.

Informal group of male and female military personnel. Caption note: “Some have sworn to grow their hair long until the…

Caption note: “TRI (Republican Army) sentry outside Mv. Shahur’s house.” Ca. 1946. Netherlands East Indies Information Service.

Full-length standing portrait of an unidentified Indonesian man. Ca. 1946. Netherlands East Indies Information Service.

Postcard of thirteenth-century sculpture of Durga from Indonesia, in the Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde, Leiden. 1930s.

Snapshot of traders in their boats in one of the floating markets of Bangkok. 1940s.

Part of the Royal Palace Complex, Bangkok? 1940s.

Temple, Bangkok. 1940s.

View looking towards the spire of the Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon, the lower portion of the temple concealed by trees….

General view of shrine, with ornately carved wooden pyatthat roof. Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon. 1940s.

View looking towards entrance to shrine, Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon. People in foreground. 1940s.

View of the temple spire, Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon. 1940s.

View of shrines on the platform of the Shwe Dagon Pagoda, with two young newspaper sellers posed in foreground. Rangoon,…

The Shwemawdaw Pagoda in Bago, Burma. Photograph from the 1940s.

The entrance to the Sule Pagoda in Yangon, Burma. Photograph from the 1940s.

Buddha images at the Kyaikpun Pagoda in Bago, Burma in the 1940s.

Buddha images at the Kyaikpun Pagoda in Bago, Burma in the 1940s.

Massive reclining Buddha at the Shwethalyaung Pagoda in Bago, Burma. Photograph from the 1940s.

Close view of head and upper torso of a massive reclining Buddha at the Shwethalyaung Pagoda in Bago, Burma. Photograph…

Yacob bin Drahman ploughing at Kampong Kluat, Kelantan (with Indian ‘humped’ cattle). Caption note: “Photo given me in England by…

Postcard view of Tibetan priest and priestess, holding prayer wheels. 1940s.