Details
Two unidentified Vedda men wearing traditional clothing sit with axes, bows and arrows in Sri Lanka [then Ceylon]. One man sits on what appears to be a rock with straw on top of it. The other man sits on the ground. A bush stands behind the men. Printed in black ink in the bottom left-hand corner, "Scowen." Printed in white ink on the bottom left-hand corner, "Charles T. Scowen and Co. Ceylon." The words Charles T. Scowen and is mostly faded. Printed in white ink below the two seated men, "Veddahs."
Date Published
1894 to 1900
Publisher
Charles T. Scowen and Company (Ceylon)
Subjects
Notes
No date; likely late 1890s
caption: "Veddahs [sic]."
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-035.tif
Physical Location
LaBudde Special Collections
Rights
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