The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 24, 2024
Veddahs of Ceylon
c. 1880s
(British, active Ceylon, 1876–1895)
or Skeen & Co.
(British, active 1860–1920)
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.)
Location: not on view
Did You Know?
The Veddahs were originally animists who believed that plants and inanimate objects had souls.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.- Bruno Tartarin, Photovintagefrance, Lorraine, FranceSeptember 4, 2018the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2018.222