Ritual Slave Party on a Sugar Plantation in Surinam, Dirk Valkenburg, circa 1707

The picture shows men, women, and children participating in activities during a social event. A narrow white ribbon flutters from a wooden pole rising above the roof of a hut. The ribbon fluttering in the wind was a media between the two worlds — the physical and the spiritual. [1]. Object Type: painting. Genre: genre art. Date: circa 1707. Dimensions: height: 58 cm (22.8 in) ; width: 46.5 cm (18.3 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Collection: Statens Museum for Kunst. KMS376 Dirk Valkenburg - Ritual Slave Party on a Sugar Plantation in Surinam