A Rare Historical Look At Old Indonesia (25 Pics)

A rare and very historical photos of Indonesia and its people during the Dutch colonial period.

A Javanese prince with two servants, c. 1865 - 1870

A man from Batavia carrying a warung, c. 1870

Raden Saleh, a Javanese romantic painter who pioneered modern Indonesian art, c. 1872

The Raja of Buleleng, Bali, and his secretary, c. 1875

Two Nias warriors in the South Nias Regency, c. 1882-1912

A man with traditional Dayak tattoos, c.1896

Toba Batak head with his family in their home, North Sumatra, c. 1900

Masked men of the theater acting in "Topéing", Java, c. 1900 - 1920

A Dayak chief, c. 1900 - 1920

Seudati dance performed at Samalanga, Bireun, Aceh, c. 1907

A native Balinese woman spinning, c. 1910

A Batak family, Sumatra, c. 1910

Workers at a construction site for a railway tunnel in the mountains, Java (c. 1910)

Kampong residents in Batavia listen to a gramophone, c. 1910

A Balinese family, c. 1910 - 1920

An opium dealer and a smoker, c. 1912

A Makassar man, c. 1912

Nias tribesmen moving and erecting a megalith, c. 1915

Dayak warriors from Longnawan, North Borneo, c. 1917

Baris dancers drinking beer, Bali, c. 1918

Students of STOVIA, or "School for the Training of Native Physicians", Batavia, c. 1919

Wood carvers creating masks, c.1919

A Batak farmer, Sumatra, c. 1919

An elderly Batak woman, Sumatra, c. 1919

A Dayak man with earrings and a lance, c. 1919