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Studio portrait of upper class Kandyan woman
Studio portrait of upper class Kandyan woman
Object Number 46-86-60/16298.1.1
Display Title Studio portrait of upper class Kandyan woman
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Central province / Ceylon / 46-86 / woman of the upper class - Kandyan" Printed on photograph: "Skeen & Co 1212" Verso: "A Kandyan Girl"
Department Photographic
Date 1860-1920
Artist Skeen and Company
Culture
  • Sri Lankan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Sri Lanka / Central / Kandy / Kandy
Materials Albumen print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 27.9401 × 20.955 cm (11 × 8 1/4 in.)
Provenance
Donor Donated by Museum of Comparative Zoology

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