Indonesia: A group of Karo warriors from northern Sumatra c. 1870.

Group of Karo warriors photographed by Feilberg who explored the Karo region in 1870. The photographs of Feilberg are the oldest taken of the Karo. The Karo, or Karonese, are the indigenous people of the Karo Plateau in North Sumatra. They belong linguistically to the Batak people but often consider themselves as separate. They speak the Batak Karo language.

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