Sinhalese devil dancers

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Object Number 36-90-60/16293.1.5

Display Title Sinhalese devil dancers

Descriptions

Object Description Written on board: "Singhalese / Ceylon / 36-90 / Gift of Mrs. G. A. Goodale"; printed on photograph: "Scowen & Co. / Ceylon. / Sinhalese devil dancers."; written on board in pencil (verso): "Scene at Kandy"

Department Photographic

Date ca. 1880

Artist Scowen and Company

Culture

Sri Lankan

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Asia / Sri Lanka

Materials Albumen print adhered to Paperboard

Dimensions Overall: 22.225 × 28.2576 cm (8 3/4 × 11 1/8 in.)

Provenance

Donor Donated by Mrs. G. A. Goodale

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Object Number	Title	Geography/Provenience
36-90-60/16293.1.27	Four Kandian Chiefs in front of tree	Kandy
36-90-60/16293.1.28	Kandian chief and family posing in richly decorated room	Kandy
36-90-60/16293.1.4	Sinhalese family in front of house	Sri Lanka
36-90-60/16293.1.25	Studio portrait of a Kandian woman	Kandy
2004.29.21460	Fishing boat and people along shore	Colombo
2004.29.21467	Group of Sinhalese in front of a tree	Kandy Sri Lanka
36-90-60/16293.1.9	Two Veddah men sitting	Sri Lanka
36-90-60/16293.1.6	Singhalese beggar	Sri Lanka
2004.29.21462	Portrait of a Sinhalese man	Sri Lanka
2004.29.21461	Portrait of a Sinhalese man	Sri Lanka
36-90-60/16293.1.7	Singhalese women	Sri Lanka
2004.29.21466	Kandyan Sinhalese woman	Sri Lanka Kandy

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