A collection of historical photographs from colonial Indonesia (Dutch East Indies), provided by the Rijksmuseum and the Tropenmuseum in cooperation with Wikimedia Commons.

Portrait of two young Balinese Legong dancers, 1929; COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM, CC BY-SA 3.0

Batak Musician, c. 1870, CC BY-SA 3.0, COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM

A woman from Makassar wearing traditional clothes, South Sulawesi, CC BY-SA 3.0, COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM

Candi Bentar (Split Gate), Bali, 1900-1925, CC BY-SA 3.0, Tropenmuseum

Portrait of a young man in Java, c. 1860–1880, CC0 1.0 (Public Domain), Rijksmuseum

Dancer, Lombok c. 1870–1890, CC BY-SA 3.0, Tropenmuseum

Diverse Objects, Flores and Sumba, c. 1915, CC BY-SA 3.0″>, Tropenmuseum

Mentawai Islander, c. 1913–1921, CC BY-SA 3.0, Tropenmuseum

Magnolia, Indonesia 1913, CC BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 Tropenmuseum

Two Javanese Dancers, c. 1860–1890, Public Domain via Rijksmuseum

Mask, Laham, Kalimatan, 1931, CC BY-SA 3.0, Tropenmuseum

Adat House, Arnhemia, Sumatra, before 1943, CC BY-SA 3.0, Tropenmuseum

Nutmeg, 1870–1880, Public Domain via Rijksmuseum

Balinese Man, c. 1870, CC BY-SA 3.0, Tropenmuseum

Man with plants, Java, c. 1860–1880, Public Domain via Rijksmuseum

Two girls, c. 1919–1936, CC BY-SA 3.0, Tropenmuseum

Bride, Tanimbar Islands, date unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0, Tropenmuseum

Batak Funeral Masks, c. 1930, CC BY-SA 3.0, Tropenmuseum

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