Title:
Glass Lantern Slide of Javanese Dancers, circa 1890s–1910s
Description:
Glass lantern slide depicting four seated and standing Javanese women performing a traditional dance. They are dressed in patterned sarongs and elaborate headdresses, posed in a symmetrical composition on a woven mat or carpet. The women are holding cloth bands or ribbons linking their hands in an elegant gesture. The image was created for educational or ethnographic presentations in Europe.
On the left margin of the slide is a printed label reading:
“Mekelbach & Co., Amsterdam.”
Mekelbach & Co. was a known Dutch photographic studio and distributor active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, specializing in glass slides of colonial subjects and cultural scenes from the Dutch East Indies (present-day Indonesia).
Date:
circa 1890–1910
Medium:
Gelatin silver print on glass lantern slide
Condition:
Good overall condition with minor edge wear and light dust visible under magnification. Image clarity is strong.
Dimensions:
approx. 8.2 × 8.2 cm)