Snouck Hurgronje, C. (Christiaan) 1857-1936 photographer. still image picture still image Collotypes. Portrait photographs. ne 1888 monographic 1888. ger 1 photograph : collotype print on mount ; image 19.3 x 22.8 cm, sheet 36.5 x 27 cm

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Item. Full-length seated portrait of four pilgrims from Pontianak, the capital of Indonesian province of West Kalimantan, on the island of Borneo. The man on the left is described as an Arab from Hadhramaut (a region in South Arabia, mostly in present-day eastern Yemen, and part in Western Oman and Southern Saudi Arabia, who lived in Pontianak. They sit face forward on foldable chairs, looking towards the camera. The photograph was taken by Snouck Hurgronje in Jeddah between 1884 and 1885. The men are photographed in a courtyard-like space with plants – some in wide wooden pots – foliage and a window, fronted by bars, visible in the background. The negative had handwork applied. No Known Copyright Title and date from item. Plate no. 27 in Bilder-Atlas zu Mekka (Haag : Martinus Nijhoff, 1888-1889). The plate is numbered (XXVII) and titled in German under the image. Main Heritage Display General HC.HP.02074-0027 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26518831 BIB-ID: 2831677 Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages Pontianak (Indonesia) Portraits Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages Arabs Portraits Ḥaḍramawt, Wādī (Yemen) Jiddah (Saudi Arabia) aacr rda QAFCL 131215 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.5 using MARC21slim2MODS3-5.xsl (Revision 1.111 2016/3/24) eng