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Buddhist Temple
Object Number 2004.29.21559
Display Title Buddhist Temple
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Ceylon / Anuradhapur / Buddhust Temple" Printed on photograph: "Skeen & Co T62" Verso: "Buddhust Temple- Anmadhapura / Anuradhapur - Ceylon / Agassiz M.C.Z."
Department Photographic
Date ca. 1880
Artist Skeen and Company
Culture
  • Sri Lankan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Sri Lanka
Additional Geographic Terms Anuradhapura
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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