id:			313233
accession number:	2018.222
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.222
updated:		2022-03-03 10:00:44.596000

Veddahs 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

title:				Veddahs of Ceylon
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creation date:			c. 1880s
creation date earliest:		1880
creation date latest:		1889
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creditline:			Purchase from the Karl B. Goldfield Trust
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culture:	India, 19th century
technique:	albumen print
department:	Photography
collection:	PH - British 19th Century
type:		Photograph
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CREATORS

* Scowen & Co. (British, active Ceylon, 1876-1895)  - artist

* Skeen & Co. (British, active 1860-1920)  - artist
Commercial photographer active in Ceylon (1860-1903).
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measurements: 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.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Written in pencil on verso: “Veddahs”
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	inscription:	Unidentified watermark on the upper edge of the photograph
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Bruno Tartarin, Photovintagefrance, Lorraine, France
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	the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: September 4, 2018
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fun fact: 
The Veddahs were originally animists who believed that plants and inanimate objects had souls.

digital description: 
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.

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IMAGES

web:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2018.222/2018.222_web.jpg
print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2018.222/2018.222_print.jpg
full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2018.222/2018.222_full.tif