# Diorama of a Carib Camp

- By: Gerrit Schouten (Paramaribo (stad), 1779–1839)
- Date: 1810
- Medium: paper, wood (plant material), glass
- Classification: diorama
- Dimensions: height 49 cm x width 69 cm x depth 22 cm
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/NG-2010-4--9f8f466f16ca75a70550b82773b7550d)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/CmVAU/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

This diorama shows daily life in a settlement of Caribs, one of Suriname’s original population groups. The men are building a hut or returning from hunting, the women tend to the food and children. On the right, they make bread from cassava, a root vegetable. Baskets are brought ashore from the korjaal, a boat. The woman standing under the roof at the right may be a Maroon, who had fled from one of the plantations.