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Object Number 36-90-60/16293.1.25
Display Title Studio portrait of a Kandian woman
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Kandian / Ceylon / 36-90 / Ceylon. / Gift of Mrs. GA Goodale" Printed on photograph: "Scowen & Co. / Ceylon. / Kandian Lady."
Department Photographic
Date ca. 1880
Artist Scowen and Company
Culture
  • Sri Lankan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Sri Lanka / Central / Kandy / Kandy
Dimensions Overall: 27.9401 × 22.225 cm (11 × 8 3/4 in.)
Provenance
Collector Gen. G. A. Goodale
Donor Donated by Mrs. G. A. Goodale

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