A Javanese woman praying in thanks for rice. Photograph by E.T. Sheaf, 191-.

  • Sheaf, Egbert Thomas, 1869-1948.
Date:
1910-1919
Reference:
2856764i
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About this work

Description

Another photograph of the same subject is captioned by the photographer "a prayer of thanks to Dewi Sri for her gift – By the will of Allah – of rice to the house. No rice is ever received into the home without this ceremony being performed by the housewife". Dewi Sri is the Javanese goddess of rice and fertility

Publication/Creation

1910-1919

Physical description

1 photograph : photoprint, matte silver gelatin ; sheet 11.8 x 19.3 cm

Creator/production credits

By Egbert Thomas Sheaf, who was born in Southampton, England, in 1869, and died in Kera, Australia, in 1948. He travelled widely in China, Java, Ceylon, Australia and Europe. His appointment as Australian Trade Commissioner in Singapore was reported in the Straits Times of 2 December, 1922

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2856764i

Notes

One photograph in a series of photographs documenting the cultivation of rice in Java. The others are contained in an album with the photographer's annotations (Bernard Quaritch Ltd., China in print, Hong Kong 20-22 November 2015, no. 34a-34g)

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