A woman slave in Bali, standing with a cloth in her hands and a wide hat on her head. Engraving after C. de Bruyn.

  • Bruyn, Cornelis de, 1652-1727.
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1700-1799
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37901i
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A woman slave in Bali, standing with a cloth in her hands and a wide hat on her head. Engraving after C. de Bruyn. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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One of "deux femmes Balières qui appartenoient à M Kastelein. Elles entortillent leur jupe, qui est ordinairement d'une étofe rayée, autour de leur ceinture, & en attachant le bout par le milieu, le reste tombant jusques aux pieds. ... Elles ont presque toujours un mouchoir à la main ..."-- C. de Bruyn, Voyages de Corneille le Bruyn au Levant. Voyages par la Moscovie, en Perse et aux Indes Orientales, The Hague 1732, vol. 5, pp. 15-16

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1700-1799

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1 print : engraving ; image 29 x 18.6 cm

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Une esclave balienne.

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Wellcome Collection 37901i

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