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Object Number 36-90-60/16293.1.23
Display Title Street Scene
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Ceylon / 36-90 / Colombo / Ceylon. / Gift of Mrs. G. A. Goodale" Verso: "Pettah / (town)"
Department Photographic
Date ca. 1880
Culture
  • Sri Lankan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Sri Lanka / Western / Colombo / Colombo
Additional Geographic Terms Pettah
Dimensions Overall: 21.59 × 26.3526 cm (8 1/2 × 10 3/8 in.)
Provenance
Collector Gen. G. A. Goodale
Donor Donated by Mrs. G. A. Goodale

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Street Scene
36-90-60/16293.1.21 Street Scene
Colombo
Lotus Pond
36-90-60/16293.1.24 Lotus Pond
Colombo
Pittah Market
36-90-60/16293.1.22 Pittah Market
Colombo
Two scenes; woman picking tea and group weighing tea
36-90-60/16293.1.17 Two scenes; woman picking tea and group weighing tea
Sri Lanka
Tamil woman and children
36-90-60/16293.1.8 Tamil woman and children
Sri Lanka
Two Veddah men sitting
36-90-60/16293.1.9 Two Veddah men sitting
Sri Lanka
Singhalese beggar
36-90-60/16293.1.6 Singhalese beggar
Sri Lanka
Men harvesting jackfruit
36-90-60/16293.1.15 Men harvesting jackfruit
Sri Lanka
Sinhalese devil dancers
36-90-60/16293.1.5 Sinhalese devil dancers
Sri Lanka
Women and children in front of hut in jungle
36-90-60/16293.1.20 Women and children in front of hut in jungle
Sri Lanka
Singhalese women
36-90-60/16293.1.7 Singhalese women
Sri Lanka
Women harvesting tea
36-90-60/16293.1.16 Women harvesting tea
Sri Lanka