# Portraits of Surinamese Girls

- By: anonymous
- Date: c. 1805
- Medium: ivory, metal, gilding (material), wood (plant material), paint (coating)
- Classification: miniature (painting)
- Dimensions: height 5.9 cm x width 4.8 cm x weight 24.9 cm
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-2637--8e4ed3033e94ca2d4591f24d326630c1)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/8f8cf131cf578b58efd71e4a03dfedba.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

We may not know the identities of these women, but their status is apparent from their clothing, jewellery, and the existence of portraits depicting them. They must have been free women who held positions in Surinamese society. One of them wears a white-cotton angisa, a headscarf folded in a special way. It was worn by enslaved women as well as free women of colour.