Veddahs of Ceylon
Scowen & Co.
1880–1889
- Medium
- albumen print
- Dimensions
- 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.)
- Genre
- Photographs
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Tags
India, 19th century
About
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.
