Details
A Sri Lankan man stands by the mast of the sail on the framework where the outrigger is attached to the boat in a Sinhalese fishing boat called a Bala Oruwa that sits on the beach in Sri Lanka [then Ceylon]. Another man sits in the stern. On down the beach, two men carry an outrigger toward the water. At the end of the beach, five mean stand facing the camera. A covered wagon with a bowed bonnet sits at the tree line beside the beach. Palm trees line the entire coast. Printed in dark ink on the bottom left-hand corner, "Scowen." Printed in white ink on the bottom left-hand corner, "Singhalese fishing boat. No. 67. C. A. Co. Ceylon."
Date Published
1894 to 1900
Publisher
Apothecaries Co. Ltd. (Colombo, Ceylon)
Subjects
Notes
No date; likely late 1890s
#67 in a series; caption: "Singhalese [sic] fishing boat."
Digitizing agency: University of Missouri—Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
Extent Of Original
1 photograph : black and white print ; 21 x 28 cm
Member of
Source File
umkc_lsc_loose_photo-033.tif
Physical Location
LaBudde Special Collections
Rights
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