Men standing by a tree in Ceylon, holding bows and arrows. Photograph, ca.1900, by A. Plate.
- Plate, A. W. A.
- Reference:
- 549141i
- Pictures
About this work
Publication/Creation
Colombo : A.W.A. Plate & Co.
Physical description
1 photograph : photoprint
Lettering
Wild people of Ceylon "Veddhas"
Lettering pencilled on verso, photographer's details stamped on verso
Bears number: 236
Notes
This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer.
Reference
Wellcome Collection 549141i
Ownership note
Originally collected by British anthropologist Edwin Nichol Fallaize (1877-1957). Purchased by Capt. L.W.G. Malcolm in 1934, on behalf of Sir Henry Solomon Wellcome, for the price of £25. From a letter in the Wellcome archives dated 16th December 1934.