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Kandyan ladies
Object Number 2004.29.21577
Display Title Kandyan ladies
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Ceylon / Kandy / Kandyan Ladies" Printed on photograph: "Skeen & Co 1253" Verso: "Kandian Ladies / Agassiz / M.C.Z."
Department Photographic
Date ca. 1880
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: 27.3051 × 20.955 cm (10 3/4 × 8 1/4 in.)
Provenance
Collector Gen. G. A. Goodale
Donor Donated by Mrs. G. A. Goodale

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