Dinner Gathering in Indonesia ~ Circa 1870

By far the most important staple of the Indies is rice and Indonesians of many ethnic backgrounds consider a meal incomplete if rice is absent. In this lithograph nine people can be seen harvesting rice from the sawah. These still need to milled to separate the grains from the inedible parts.

This studio portrait is taken by Kassian Cephas, the first Indonesian photographer. Cephas (1845 – 1912) was a Javanese photographer of the court of the Yogyakarta Sultanate. He was the first Indonesian to become a professional photographer and was trained at the request of Sultan Hamengkubuwana VI (r. 1855–1877).

• Size 37 by 28 cm.

• Quality Recycled Art Paper

• Mounted with Thick Art Cardboard

• Description on the Back

• Transparent Protection Wrapper

• Ready for Framing

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