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Object Number 2004.29.21460
Display Title Fishing boat and people along shore
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Ceylon / Singhalese"; printed on photograph: "Singhalese fishing boat. / Scowen & Co Ceylon"; written in pencil on board (verso): "Mt Lavinia, / 10 mi S of / Colombo, Ceylon / (name of town / Arab / A Dhow / (Local word) / "toni" / Arabs setted on SW court of Ceylon."
Department Photographic
Date ca. 1876 - ca. 1899
Artist Scowen and Company
Culture
  • Sri Lankan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Sri Lanka / Western / Colombo / Colombo
Additional Geographic Terms Mt. Lavinia, Colombo
Dimensions Overall: 20.955 × 27.3051 cm (8 1/4 × 10 3/4 in.)

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