p8804

TITLE OF WORK: A Malay religious ceremony, the "Kalifa"

TYPE OF WORK: Print, woodcut

DATE: 1888

DIMENSIONS: 14.8 x 22.5 cm

COMMENTS: The performance took place in the Exhibition Building at Capetown, British South African Colony. The Malays are descendants of those brought from the islands of the Dutch East Indies in former times,

LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Malaysia, South Africa, U.K.

DANCE FORM: traditional

KEYWORDS: weapon, sword, knife, arm