Native pre-marital rite - Jakarta (Indonesia)
A native girl of Jakarta (Indonesia) straddling a specially-designed wooden mounting block draped with a white cloth in order to catch the blood, thus proving her virginity prior to intended marriage with the standing girl's brother. A servant girl (witness) crouches nearby and will take the towel to the groom-to-be
Picture No
10282180
Media ID
45647836
Size
2953px x 4644px
(2.6MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Unattributed postcard
Date
circa 1910
