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Malay Peninsula (peninsula)

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Subject Source: Local sources

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Kling women, Alma Estate, P[rovince ?] Wellesley, 1881 - 1920

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 2/41
Scope and Contents 237 x 183 mm. A carefully posed study of five Kling women grouped in front of the whitewashed wall of a European house. The Klings (the term has since the turn of the century been considered highly deregoratory) were the Tamil immigrants who formed the lowest classes of labour. The women in this picture wear saris and the characteristic toe and nose rings. The Alma Estate, situated some seven miles from Prye, originally consisted of some 500 acres planted out by a Mr Wilson during the...
Dates: 1881 - 1920
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