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Featured on PDR in the collection Paramaribo and the Plantation: Gerrit Schouten’s Dioramas of Suriname (1810–30)

Beneath a thatched roof, five women prepare cassava, chicken milling at their feet. A blue parrot perches nearby, craning its neck toward the workers. One of the women has darker skin than the others, with close-cropped curly hair. She may be a Maroon, an escapee from slavery who found refuge among the local population, and the others are indigenous people of Suriname, probably Arawak.

Diorama of an indigenous scene

Artist

Date

1819


Underlying Rights

Public Domain Worldwide

Digital Rights

No Additional Rights


Image Size

1500 x 1219