Author: DEMMENI, JEAN (PHOTOGRAPHER; 1866-1939),
Title: Maskendans (sic.!) aan het Hof van Koetei, Borneo. [Originele uitgave; Original edition].
Description: Haarlem, Kleynenberg & Co., [circa], 1912. Large folio, 73x60cm. Original black/white picture in photogravure, printed on heavy limp paer, illustrating a group of seven performing Wayang Wong dancers in traditional dreas and headdress, accompanied by a gong-ensemble, at Kutei Royal Court, dutch territory of Borneo (Kalimantan). Title in bold black type at tail in dutch language, publ. name at lower left corner beneath illustrated area. [Kleynenberg, plate no. 118]. Dutch language captioned monochrome plate illustrating a Wayang Wong performance with traditional masks, at Kutai Court, Banjermassion, dutch Borneo (Kalimantan). Photographed by Jean Demmeni, french indo-european photographer engaged by a dutch publisher Kleynenbert Cy., Haarlem, Holland, between 1911-1913. A fine copy.

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