Three women walking in a line toward the right side of the frame. The women are each carrying multiple huge earthenware vessels from baskets on their backs; the vessels are rounded and bulbous and tower high over the women's heads. The women are all barefoot, and bareheaded, they wear sarongs and different types of shirts. Beyond them are small shrubs and trees on the edge of the road, and a wooded mountain in the distance.
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Henri Cartier-Bresson (French, 1908–2004), Central Java, Women carrying huge earthen jars, Indonesia, 1949. Gelatin silver print, 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (16.5 x 24.1 cm). 2009.071.003.
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