People say if you want to see the greatness of a nation,look atits history. Compiled from varioussources, below isa collection of of photosshowing the diversityof Indonesian cultureat a time when Jakarta was still Batavia and the Dutch still held sway in the archipelago.
Kombai woman and her baby, Irian Jaya (West Papua). Photographed by Frederic Lagrange. Date unknown.
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