The Rijks (pronounced Rikes) Museum, view from the canal

Filled with stunning works by Rembrandt

 

He captured the time and the people

 

                             

 

 

                      

Director of the West Indies Company c. 1650, dealing in gold and slaves for 350 years as depicted by the image behind him.

Choyin Rangdrol, son of a West Indian who immigrated from the former slave Island of Trinidad in 1914.

Warning: The images below represent a dark history in humanity's past. The clash of interests between global European colonialism and indigenous microcultures in the tropics are represented in both sublime beauty and the grotesque. Those who may be offended by such depictions should return:

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The Royal Tropical Institute

Young African boy leading an elder blinded by a tropical disease whose cure was discovered by the Royal Tropical Institute

Memorable images from the  Tropen Museum (Tropical Museum) in the same building

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Art celebrating the capture of an African Prince, crying women at his feet.

 

Latin American culture and conquest

 

   

 

               

Wax figure of a 17th Century Dutch Trader

Slave Ship Roster

Slave Industry Tools

Shackles, Whip, Branding Iron, Handcuffs

Slaves being ordered to whip a hanging woman only known " Sambo"

The museum had four floors of similar historical colonial artifacts from the East and West. This breathtaking display of evidence serves as a reminder to all of us. Let us never forget, and at the same time let us clear our minds of all obstructions in the past, present, and future.

This is the message of Rainbowdharma.

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