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Portraits of Surinamese Girls
These girls were most likely the daughters of a white man and a black woman. Cohabitation between white men and black domestic slaves was a frequent occurrence in Suriname. Their children were called ‘mulattos’. There were specific appellations for every shade of skin
colour, and people were labelled as mulattos, mestizos, castizos, and poesties. In Surinamese society, a lighter skin colour confer…
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/61BB2
Type of item
- urn:rijksmuseum:thesaurus:RM0001.THESAU.719
- urn:rijksmuseum:thesaurus:RM0001.THESAU.64863
- Gilding
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/61BB2
Type of item
- urn:rijksmuseum:thesaurus:RM0001.THESAU.719
- urn:rijksmuseum:thesaurus:RM0001.THESAU.64863
- Gilding
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Public Domain
- Publiek Domein
Creation date
- 1805
- 1805
Place-Time
- first quarter 19th century
Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.7897
- SK-A-2641
Extent
- height 6.4 cm
- width 5.5 cm
- weight 18.7 gr
Language
- nl
Is part of
- collectie: miniaturen
Year
- 1805
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-05-27T20:14:21.764Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2018-03-17T14:37:38.923Z