Female Indentured Labourers in the Depot, Théodore van Lelyveld, 1895 - 1898

photographic support, h 115mm × w 164mm More details

Here the women wear the white saris (robes) they received when they left Kolkata, and a few hold a hookah (tobacco waterpipe). Visitors are allowed on Sundays. These are mostly Hindustanis looking for relatives, a spouse or news from India. Photographer Van Lelyveld also visits the depot. He notes the name of one woman, ‘Oemranie.’

Identification

Title(s)

Female Indentured Labourers in the Depot
Hindostaanse vrouwen en kinderen in het immigrantendepot
Br. Indische vrouwen en kinderen i/h immigranten dépôt (title on object)

Object type

photograph

Object number

RP-F-2009-282-34-1

Inscriptions / marks

inscription: ‘Br. Indische vrouwen en kinderen i/h immigranten dépôt’

Description

Vrouwen en kinderen van contractarbeiders uit Brits-Indië in het zgn. ‘koeliedepot’, het centrale meldpunt voor immigranten in Paramaribo. Fotoafdruk in een fotoalbum van Théodore van Lelyveld over Suriname uit 1895-1898.

Creation

Artist

Théodore van Lelyveld

Place

Suriname

Dating

1895 - 1898

Material and Technique

Material

photographic support

Measurements

height 115 mm × width 164 mm

Subject

What

Where

Koeliedepot

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

purchase 1-Dec-2009

Copyright

Public domain

Relations

Is part of

Suriname 1895-1898, 'Souvenirs de Voyage' (RP-F-2009-282)

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.495758

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