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Pittah Market
Object Number 36-90-60/16293.1.22
Display Title Pittah Market
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Ceylon / 36-90 / Pittah Market / Colombo, Ceylon. / Gift of Mrs. G. A. Goodale"
Department Photographic
Date ca. 1880
Culture
  • Sri Lankan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Sri Lanka / Western / Colombo / Colombo
Additional Geographic Terms Pettah
Materials Albumen print adhered to Paperboard
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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Lotus Pond
36-90-60/16293.1.24 Lotus Pond
Colombo
Street Scene
36-90-60/16293.1.23 Street Scene
Colombo
Street Scene
36-90-60/16293.1.21 Street Scene
Colombo
Men harvesting jackfruit
36-90-60/16293.1.15 Men harvesting jackfruit
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
Sinhalese devil dancers
36-90-60/16293.1.5 Sinhalese devil dancers
Sri Lanka
Man sorting tea
36-90-60/16293.1.18 Man sorting tea
Sri Lanka
Kandian Chief
36-90-60/16293.1.26 Kandian Chief
Kandy
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
Four Kandian Chiefs in front of tree
36-90-60/16293.1.27 Four Kandian Chiefs in front of tree
Kandy