English: Malay women, Sumatra.
The Malays, widely spread över nearly all Indonesia, are mest strongly established in Sumatra. In physique short, spare, wiry and muscular, with small hands and feet, the Malay gives an impression of suppleness and hardiness. He is intelligent, active, industrious, capable of strong devotion and still stronger hatred, and has the character of being cunning, susceptible, vindictive and treacherous.