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Peoples and Costume
Antique Print of Warriors from Ombai Island, Alor, Archipel, Indonesia, ca.1845
Ombai is now Alor.
$380
€340 · £285
Original print, not a reproduction
Ships worldwide from the Netherlands, insured and tracked. 14-day returns.
- Date
- 1845
- Sheet size
- 10.2 × 14 in (26 × 35.5 cm)
- Condition
- Very good, light foxing. Please study image carefully.
- Island
- Lesser Sunda
- Place names
- Ombai is now Alor
- Collection
- Peoples and Costume
- Period
- Raffles to the Cultivation System, 1800 to 1849
- Stock no.
- f_27152282
What the condition grades mean
- Excellent
- Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
- Very good
- Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
- Good
- Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
- Fair
- Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.
Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.
Antique print titled 'Bewohner von Ombai, Habitans de l'isle de Ombai'.
This print depicts natives from Ombai, Indonesia. Originates from 'Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen des Menschen der verschiedenen Rassen und Stamme nach den neuesten Entdeckungen und vorzuglichsten Originalien.', by Heinrich Rudolf Schinz.
Artists and Engravers: Heinrich Rudolf Schinz (1777-1861) was a Swiss physician and naturalist. Schinz was born at Zurich and studied medicine at Würzburg and Jena, returning to Zurich in 1798 to practice. In 1804 he became a teacher at the medical institute, and in 1833 he became extraordinary professor of natural history at the university of Zurich.
