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Object Number
2004.29.21498
Display Title
Studio portrait of a man wearing a head ornament
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: “Ceylon / Peon? / A Peon / ? a policeman or messenger?/ [verso] A Peon / Agassiz / M.C Z ./ Not a policeman - / a clerk, of some kind, / with an official capacity."; printed on photograph: “[S]keen &Co 1123
Department
Photographic
Date
1860-1920
Artist
Skeen and Company
Culture
- Sri Lankan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia
/
Sri Lanka
Materials
Albumen print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions
Overall: 27.3051 × 20.955 cm (10 3/4 × 8 1/4 in.)
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Sri Lanka
| ||
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Kandy
| ||
| 2004.29.21577 | Kandyan ladies |
Kandy
| ||
| 2004.29.21503 | Road scene of people |
Sri Lanka
| ||
| 2004.29.21578 | Head man of Kandy |
Kandy
| ||
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| ||
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Stick
|
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| |
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