Postcards with Photographs of Hindustani Women, Eugen Klein, 1900 - 1910
collotype, h 135mm × w 90mm More details
A seductive picture of Hindustani women – beautifully dressed and wearing jewellery unknown to many Europeans, such as the chucchi (nose ring) – was sent as a postcard to the Netherlands. It serves as an advertisement for the colony, an encouragement to come to Suriname. The poses of the women on the cards have a certain eroticism. The addition of their names further piques the imagination.
