Portal:Indonesia/POTW/40, 2007

A painting of Lake Singkarak in West Sumatra by Ernst Haeckel, a German biologist, artist, naturalist and physician. In 1901, Haeckel made a travel throughout Malaysian archipelago and made some drawings in his 1901 book of Aus Insulinde: Malayische Reisebriefe. Several rumah gadang (Minangkabau traditional houses) are depicted in the picture above.

Photo credit: Ernst Haeckel, uploaded by Caniago.