Pepper plantation

Title
Pepper plantation
Year/Period
1890s
Region
Malaysia, Sarawak
Dimension
Image size: L:21.7 * W:27.5cm
Accession No.
1996-00075

The foundations for the pepper trade in Sarawak were laid in 1876 when free passage from Singapore were offered to pepper planters, who left the overcrowded Singapore market and set up plantations in Sarawak.