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Object Number 2004.29.21494.1
Display Title Studio portrait of a Fakir
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Ceylon/ A Fakir [verso] A Fakir / 110 / Agassiz / M.C.Z. / acc 36 -90 / Owner = Peabody Museum, Harvard University”
Department Photographic
Date ca. 1880
Culture
  • Sri Lankan
  • Tamil?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Sri Lanka
Dimensions Overall: 27.9401 × 20.955 cm (11 × 8 1/4 in.)

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