A Gambier and pepper plantation

Title

Year/Period

c. 1900

Region

Singapore

Object Type

positives (photographs), photographic prints

Material

photographic paper, ink

Technique

photographic processes, photographic printing techniques

Dimension

Object size: L29.2 x W21.2

Accession No.

1993-00292

Collection of

National Museum of Singapore

This black and white photograph portrays a scene of a Gambier and pepper plantation with two European men wearing white suits with matching hats. Gambier (Uncaria gambir) plants in this picture have been planted to accommodate the pepper plant that naturally entwines around Gambier. In 1819 the idea of a Gambier plantation was started and proved to be a success for Singapore. Gambier in the past had been used for tanning purposes as well as a natural dye.