Title
Model of a wedding procession
Year/Period
mid 19th century
Region
North Java, possibly Batavia (Jakarta) or Surabaya, Indonesia
Material
Dimension
Object size: Refer to parts
Accession No.
2015-00051
Collection of
The model portrays a Javanese wedding procession, probably in one of the key ports on the coast of Java, very possibly Batavia or Surabaya. This model is believed to have been exhibited at one of the many colonial and trade exhibitions organised in the mid to late 19th century, probably in Holland. Before travel to distant lands was accessible to most ordinary people, models and dioramas were a way for exhibition visitors to experience, at least second hand, “exotic” locations and ways of life.
