ILLUSTRATIONS

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* Mask used by Topeng-players I

* Batik-freme for the exclusive use of ladies of quality V

A "brownie" of that enchanted garden that men call Java 2

* Batik-pattern 3

"Fishing-praos, their diminutive hull almost disappearing under the one tall whitish-brown sail, shaped like a bird's wing and flung back, as if ready for a swoop and rake" 6

"The ship lay still and we trod the quay of Tandjong Priok" 7

* Sekin. (Interior of Sumatra) 11

* Four-armed Çiva 12

* Lamp.—Garuda the Sun-Bird in the shape of a winged woman 14

* Landing of a Hindoo Ship.—Relief to Boroboedoer (Java) 15

"A seller of fruit and vegetables his baskets dangling from the end of a bamboo yoke" 17

"Pine-apples and mangosteen, velvety rambootan and smooth-skinned dookoo" 19

"The big kalongs hanging from the topmost branches in a sleep from which the sunset will presently awaken them" 21

* Ivory Mortar and Pestle, decorated with representations of scenes from the Life of Krishna 26

* Mask used by Topeng-players 28

* Wayang "bèbèr", drawing, representing the story of Djaka Prataka. (Vide: Vreede Catalogue of Javanese and Madurese MS. Leiden 1892, page 196) 29

"A triple row of branching tamarinds" 32

"The idyllic Duke's park, very shadowy, fragrant and green" 33

The business quarter of Batavia 36

A footsore Klontong trudging wearily along 37

+ The Chinese Quarter 39

"The West-monsoon has set in, flooding the town" 40

+ "The Kali Batawi on its way through the Chinese Quarter" 41

+ Entrance to a rich Chinaman's House 43

"A glimpse of the river as it glides along between the bamboo groves of its margins" 45

+ Procession at the funeral of a rich Chinaman 50

+ Funeral procession on its way to the Chinese Country 51

+ Burning of symbolical figures at a Chinese Funeral 53

"The deliberate stream sauntering along at its own pace on its way from the hills to the sea" 55

* Bamboo case. (Java: Preanger Regencies) 60

* Batik-pattern 61

"Compound" of a Batavia House 62

+ The servants' kitchen 67

+ Native servants 71

+ Native gardener 75

+ Native footboy 77

+ Sacred gun near the Amsterdam-gate, Batavia 78

* Brass flower-pot, modern (Java: Resid of Surabaya) 80

* Wayang bèbèr, drawing, representing the story of Djaka Prataka. (Vide: Vreede, Catalogue of Javanese and Madurese MS. Leiden 1892. page 196) 81

* Mandau. (S. E. Borneo) 95

Raksasa (Demon) 96

* Mask used by Topeng-players 98

* Creese. (Java) 99

+ The River-Bath 101

+ A Laundry in the River 103

Native Lady travelling in her Litter 104

A Litter 105

+ The Market at Malang 107

+ Street-Dancers 110

Musicians 111

+ The native cithara and violin 112

Clasp for fastening a kabaya in front 113

+ A native restaurant in its most compendious shape 115

"For the morning and evening meal he prefers the open air and the cuisine of the Warong" 117

+ A kitchen 120

A native restaurant in its simplest and most compendious shape 121

+ Native restaurant 123

Breakfast in the open air 125

"Here they are: without playthings naked and supremely happy" 129

+ A Chinese Carpenter 130

+ A Chinese Dyer 131

"The miniature stage on which the lives and adventures of Hindoo Heroes, Queens and Saints are acted over again by puppets of gilt and painted leather" 133

Scene in a Wayang-Wong Place 136

The Regent of Malang's Wayang-Wong 137

The native orchestra which accompanies every representation of the Wayang 139

Wayang-Wong Players missing a Fight 144

Wayang-Wong Scene 145

Scenes from a Wayang-Wong Play 149

"Topeng" played by masked actors 152

"Topeng" actors 153

"Slowly they advance gliding rather than walking" 155

Street-dancers 156

"The dancers stand listening for the music" 157

A Wayang representation 159

A Wayang representation 160

Wayang dancers. 161

* Wooden model of a boat (majang.—Java: Res. of Japara) 164

* Batik-pattern 165

* Balinese crease.—Stabbard made of "Kajoe pèlèt" 181

* Padi-Reaper.—Java 182

* Laksjmi seated on a lotos-cushion 184

* Batik-pattern taken from a Head-kerchief 185

Buffaloes at grass 188

+ Avenue leading to the Botanical-garden 189

A Nipah Palm 194

The Brantas-River.—Malang 195

A Javanese 197

A Hill-man 198

+ "In the depth of the ravine" 199

Watch-men 201

+ Prinsenlaan-corner, Batavia 202

"The beautiful tall reeds of the sugar-cane, their pennon-like gleaming in the sunshine" 204

Avenue of old Waringin-trees, Botanical-garden, Buitenzorg 205

+ A cactus in flower 208

+ Gum tree, Botanical-garden, Buitenzorg 210

+ Palmtrees in the Botanical-garden 211

+ A Waringin-tree 214

+ "A path leading from sunshine into dappled shade and from shade into sunshine again" 216

+ "A bamboo-grove where was an incessant rustling and waving of foliage though no wind" 217

"Carriers walking by the side of their lumbering, bullock-drawn pedati, which creaks along the sun-scorched roads" 219

+ Palm trees and Arancaria 222

+ "A tall gloomy avenue of Kenari-trees, the sky but faintly showing though their sombre branches" 223

Submerged rice-fields 225

+ Bamboo-bridge near Batu-Tulis 227

Bamboo-bridge across the Tjitaroon 229

Bamboo-bridge across the Tjitaroon 230

* Brass water-kettle.—Java: Res. of Surabaya 231

* Copper Dish, decorated with Wayang-figures 232

* Javanese girl 234

* Relief to Boroboedoer 235

A village couple 237

Near Garoot 241

A "brownie" of that enchanted garden that men call Java 246

Girl from the Preanger-Country 247

Javanese of the higher class 249

Girl from Kadoo 251

+ Women pounding rice 253

The rapids of the Tjitaroon 254

Pangeran Adipati Mangkoe Boemi (Djokjakarta) 256

Javanese Lady 257

Waterfalls 259

The Tjimahi falls 260

+ "Through the darkling stillness of the grove there break the splendour and the sound of living water" 261

Pedang. (Interior of Sumatra) 264

* Ganeça.—The God of Wisdom 266

* Priests with their Guru or Teacher 267

Raised shed from which the ripening fields are watched 268

* Gunungan, or Pile of Sacrificial Food, as offered by women, on Garĕbĕg Mulud, the feast of the nativity of Nabi Muhamed, the Great Prophet. (Vide: Groneman, "the Garĕbĕg". The Hague 1895, page 33) 270

A native official and his followers 271

+ Rice-barn shaped like a child's cradle 273

"A progeny like to the spreading crown of the waringin-tree" 275

Sellers of rice 278

+ Women dyeing sarong cloth 279

+ Woman picking cotton, and men plaiting a sieve 281

A Javanese Family 282

+ Mat-plaiting 283

+ A bamboo hut 286

Weighing rice-sheaves 287

+ Native official 289

Preparing the village field 291

Native nobleman and his wife 292

+ Pilgrims returned from Mecca 293

+ A scholar 295

Filling the village field 297

+ Rice-barn 299

Peasant ploughing 300

Rice on the swampy plains 301

"The produce of the fields is equally divided amongst them as they equally divide the labour and the toil" 303

Flooded rice-fields 306

+ "The men, with the father of the bride at their head, had come for the bridegroom, to conduct him to the mosque" 308

+ "With measured steps the two advanced towards each other, and whilst yet at some distance paused" 309

+ "Humbly kneeling down, the bride proceeded to wash the bridegroom's feet, in token of loving submission" 310

+ Bride and bridegroom sitting in state 311

+ The wedding-guests on their procession through the village 312

+ "The men sat down to a repast" 315

Native Policeman 316

* Mandou (S. E. Borneo) 317

* Vishnu the preserver, four-armed, standing on a lotos-cushion, lotos-plants to his right and left, under which two women standing: Laksjmi and Satiavana the Consorts of the God. (Java) 318

* Javanese Type 320

* Crease. (Java) 321

A seller of Peruvian bark 325

Crease. (Java) 329

A Malay 330

Crease. (Java) 331

* Kartakeya Çiva's Son, the War-God, seated on a pea-cock 331

Cock-fighting 332

The illustrations marked * are taken from originals in the Leyden Ethnographical Museum, those marked + from the Haarlem Colonial Museum.

Vide also: H. H. Juynboll, "Das Javanische Maskenspiel" in: Intern. Archiv. für Ethn. XIV 41.

L. Serrurier, De Wayang Poerwâ. Eene ethnologische studie. Leiden 1896.