Collection of 5 Vintage School-Charts of Indonesia, Incl Bali Ritual Cremation

Catalogue reference
f_25944392
Region
Asia
Category
Engraving
Sheet size
83.0 x 111.0 cm (32.7 x 43.7 in)
Condition
Fair
Availability
Available
Price
EUR 774

Collection of Old School Posters on cardboard of the early 20th century. Most of the images are still intact with bright colours, but the outer margins and corners often rubbed with stains of moisture. They used to hang in the Dutch school to teach the students about their colonies at the time.

1. Lijkverbranding op Bali, 1927. (Ngaben or cremation ceremony, is the Hindu funeral ritual of Bali, Indonesia. A Ngaben is performed to release the soul of a dead person so that it can enter the upper realm where it can wait for it to be reborn or become liberated from the cycles of rebirths.

2. Kampung in het Barito Stroomgebied (Borneo), 1911 (105x75cm) - A village in Borneo on the Barito river 3. Het lage Noorderstrand (Java) , ca.1930 (105x75cm) - The Northern Beach of Java, Indonesia 4. De Missie in Insulinde. Kerk op Lomblem (Kleine Sunda Eilanden), 1927 (105x75cm) - A Church on one of the Sunda Islands 5. Waringinboom en Hotel Des Indes , Batavia, 1930 (111 x 83 cm) - Waringin Tree in front of the famous Hotel Des Indes in nowadays Jakarta.

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