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Month: March 2020


[Photo.31/(001)] Dancing girls of the Arampone of Bone
[Photo.31/(001)] Dancing girls of the Arampone of Bone

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

[Photo.31/(003)] Dancing girls of the Arampone of Bone
[Photo.31/(003)] Dancing girls of the Arampone of Bone

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

[Photo.31/(004)] Dancing girls of the Arampone of Bone
[Photo.31/(004)] Dancing girls of the Arampone of Bone

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

[Photo.31/(006)] Dancing girls of the Arampone of Bone
[Photo.31/(006)] Dancing girls of the Arampone of Bone

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

[Photo.31/(008)] Dancing girls of the Rajah of Goa
[Photo.31/(008)] Dancing girls of the Rajah of Goa

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

[Photo.31/(010)] Dancing Girls of the Rajah of Goa
[Photo.31/(010)] Dancing Girls of the Rajah of Goa

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

[Photo.31/(012)] Mountain View, Malino
[Photo.31/(012)] Mountain View, Malino

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

[Photo.31/(013)] Member of the guard of honour
[Photo.31/(013)] Member of the guard of honour

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

[Photo.31/(014)] Rider of Goa
[Photo.31/(014)] Rider of Goa

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

[Photo.31/(015)] Pipe band of the Patiala Regiment
[Photo.31/(015)] Pipe band of the Patiala Regiment

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

[Photo.31/(016)] Bandmaster of the Patiala Regiment
[Photo.31/(016)] Bandmaster of the Patiala Regiment

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

[Photo.31/(019)] Piper of the Patiala Regiment
[Photo.31/(019)] Piper of the Patiala Regiment

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

[Photo.31/(022)] Indonesian man, Jakarta
[Photo.31/(022)] Indonesian man, Jakarta

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

[Photo.31/(024)] Guard of honour on horseback
[Photo.31/(024)] Guard of honour on horseback

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

[Photo.31/(025)] Group of male and female military personnel
[Photo.31/(025)] Group of male and female military personnel

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

[Photo.31/(026)] Republican Army Sentry
[Photo.31/(026)] Republican Army Sentry

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

[Photo.31/(027)] Indonesian man
[Photo.31/(027)] Indonesian man

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

[Photo.31/(028)] Sculpture of Durga from Indonesia
[Photo.31/(028)] Sculpture of Durga from Indonesia

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

[Photo.31/(030)] Floating market, Bangkok
[Photo.31/(030)] Floating market, Bangkok

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

[Photo.31/(031)] Palace Complex, Bangkok?
[Photo.31/(031)] Palace Complex, Bangkok?

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

[Photo.31/(032)] Temple, Bangkok
[Photo.31/(032)] Temple, Bangkok

Temple, Bangkok. 1940s.

[Photo.31/(033)] Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon
[Photo.31/(033)] Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon

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

[Photo.31/(034)] Shrine, Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon
[Photo.31/(034)] Shrine, Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon

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

[Photo.31/(035)] Shrine, Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon
[Photo.31/(035)] Shrine, Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon

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

[Photo.31/(036)] Temple spire, Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon
[Photo.31/(036)] Temple spire, Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon

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

[Photo.31/(037)] Shrines, Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon
[Photo.31/(037)] Shrines, Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon

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

[Photo.31/(038)] Pagoda, Burma
[Photo.31/(038)] Pagoda, Burma

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

[Photo.31/(039)] Pagoda, Burma
[Photo.31/(039)] Pagoda, Burma

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

[Photo.31/(040)] Buddha Images
[Photo.31/(040)] Buddha Images

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

[Photo.31/(041)] Buddha Images
[Photo.31/(041)] Buddha Images

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

[Photo.31/(042)] Massive Reclining Buddha
[Photo.31/(042)] Massive Reclining Buddha

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

[Photo.31/(043)] Massive Reclining Buddha
[Photo.31/(043)] Massive Reclining Buddha

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

[Photo.31/(044)] Ploughing, Kelantan
[Photo.31/(044)] Ploughing, Kelantan

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

[Photo.31/(045)] Tibetan Priest and Priestess
[Photo.31/(045)] Tibetan Priest and Priestess

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