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Gan - Chief of Kandy

Portrait of a man in festive clothing with puffed sleeves and a headdress. He has a dagger in his belt and is holding a scarf in his left hand. A symbol of power leans in the background. Published in Bautze 2007, p. 297, see repeat group.

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Cataloguing data

Object type
positives (photographs)
Dimensions
Height: 27,5 cm
Width: 21,7 cm
Height: 40,5 cm
Width: 30,9 cm
Material/Technique
Cardboard box
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    around 1880
    where
    Ceylon
    Kandy
    who
    Skeen & Co. - Photographers
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    South and Southeast Asia

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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