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Sinhalese Man by Scowen & Co. (British, active Ceylon, 1876–1895)

Medium

albumen print

Dimensions

image: 14.1 × 9.1 cm · paper: 14.1 × 9.4 cm

Classification

Photograph

Department

Photography

Museum

Cleveland Museum of Art

Credit

Purchase from the Karl B. Goldfield Trust

Accession Number

2018.221

Rights

Public Domain

Tags

male

About this artwork

The gentleman sports a Western jacket and shirt, but his distinctive hairstyle identifies him as Sinhalese, a people originally from northern India who now form the majority of the population of Sri Lanka.

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