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Veddahs of Ceylon
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Veddahs of Ceylon

Scowen & Co. (British, active Ceylon, 1876–1895), artist; Skeen & Co. (British, active 1860–1920), artist · c. 1880s · albumen print

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The Veddahs or Veddas are an indigenous minority in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) that may have been the island’s earliest inhabitants. These men are dressed in typical scant Vedda male garb for the 19th century—loincloths tied with a rope at the waist.

Cleveland Museum of Art’s own description
Credit lineVeddahs of Ceylon, c. 1880s. Scowen & Co. (British, active Ceylon, 1876–1895), or Skeen & Co. (British, active 1860–1920). Albumen print; image: 21.3 x 28.1 cm (8 3/8 x 11 1/16 in.); paper: 21.3 x 28.1 cm (8 3/8 x 11 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the Karl B. Goldfield Trust, 2018.222
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