Description | Veddahs. Black & white photograph of 3 men looking straight ahead at the camera standing in front of a stone wall. All have long dark hair, wear pouches and/or loincloths. The man on the right has a beard and holds a bow and arrow in his hands, the man in the middle has an axe over his left shoulder and the man on the left carries nothing. The men are vedda people from Sri lanka (Ceylon). On the right hand side of the photograph in the middle is written "Veddahs, skeen, 3668". No information re date, location or photographer. On the reverse is a label "A R Wallace, 16587". Notes: 22 x 27.5 cm on card 25 x 30 cm. Subject: Vedda people Place: Sri Lanka |