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Boy from Sri Lanka

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A profile view of the head and chest of an unidentified boy in Sri Lanka [then Ceylon]. His hair is pulled back in a low bun just above his neck. Printed in white ink on the bottom right-hand corner,...

Date Published
1894 to 1900

Brahmin woman

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An unidentified Brahmin woman in Sri Lanka [then Ceylon], stands in front of banana leaves with her hands crossed on her lap as she looks off to the right. She wears ornate jewelry from her nose, ears...

Date Published
1894 to 1900

Man stands on lane that runs under a Banyan tree

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An unidentified Sri Lankan man stands with his hand resting on his hip along a lane that passes under the split roots and trunk of a banyan tree. Each side of the lane is covered by a Banyan tree...

Date Published
1894 to 1900

Rubber tree clearing

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A hill filled with stumps of Manihot Glaziovii, a tree that produces Ceara India-Rubber that have been clear cut in Sri Lanka [then Ceylon]. A Sri Lanken man stands in the foreground with his hand on...

Date Published
1891 to 1900

Sri Lanka man plays a pungi for a cobra snake to move to

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A barefoot Sri Lankan man in traditional clothing, who is a snake charmer, crouches on the ground and closes his eyes as he plays a pungi in Sri Lanka [then Ceylon]. A cobra snake is on the ground in...

Date Published
1891 to 1900