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Scowen & Co. — Veddahs of Ceylon

Scowen & Co.

Veddahs of Ceylon

1880

Anthropological photography serves colonial administrative and scientific interests, representing indigenous Sri Lankan peoples through the lens of 19th-century racial classification systems.

Medium
albumen print

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Scowen & Co., Veddahs of Ceylon, 1880

Anthropological photography serves colonial administrative and scientific interests, representing indigenous Sri Lankan peoples through the lens of 19th-century racial classification systems.

Medium
albumen print
Year
1880
Seen at
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Related themes

Victorian, Monochrome, Albumen Print, Documentary, Photograph, Group, Portrait, Sepia, British, Ethnographic

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