British Malaya Singapore: Chinese Coolie Carrying Baskets (Vintage Stereo Glass Plate Negative 6x13CM 1900s)

original vintage stereoscopic glass plate negative in 6 x 13 cm format.
this exceptional ethnographic photograph was taken during the british colonial era in singapore or british malaya. it portrays a local worker, likely a chinese or javanese plantation laborer or coolie, performing manual work in a rural area.
the man is wearing traditional rustic clothing and a light headscarf. he is balancing two large woven bamboo or rattan carrying baskets using a traditional wooden shoulder yoke or carrying pole, known locally as a pikulan.
the background showcases the authentic rural environment of the straits settlements with lush tropical vegetation, banana plants, and traditional wooden village huts.

size: ~ 6 x 13 cm (1 cm ~ 0.39 inch)

condition: very good...silvering..staining...please also refer to scans which show complete glass plate

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