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Ethnographic photograph

Title

Year/Period

Early 20th century

Region

Malay Peninsula

Object Type

positives (photographs), photographic prints

Material

photographic paper, ink

Technique

photographic processes, photographic printing techniques

Dimension

Object size: 13.5 x 19.5 cm

Accession No.

2009-00949

Collection of

Asian Civilisations Museum

This photo was one of a large group of ethnographic images compiled by curators and staff of the Raffles Library and Museum between roughly 1900 and the 1960s. Some were taken by museum personnel conducting field research, while others are culled from archival sources, other museums, publications, post cards, or other sources.

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