Portraits of Surinamese Girls, anonymous, c. 1805
gilding, h 5.9cm × w 4.8cm × w 24.9cm More details
We may not know the identities of these women, but their status is apparent from their clothing, jewellery, and the existence of portraits depicting them. They must have been free women who held positions in Surinamese society. One of them wears a white-cotton angisa, a headscarf folded in a special way. It was worn by enslaved women as well as free women of colour.
