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Kandy, Ceylon

The Colombo Apothecaries Co., Ltd.after 1892

The J. Paul Getty Museum

The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States

A group of Buddhist monks and people dressed in traditional garments gather around and venerate an object that had been placed on a table before them. Each of them are clasping their hands together as in prayer. Another group of monks stands nearby observing.

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  • Title: Kandy, Ceylon
  • Creator: The Colombo Apothecaries Co., Ltd.
  • Date Created: after 1892
  • Location Created: Kandy, Ceylon; Kandy, Sri Lanka
  • Physical Dimensions: 22.1 × 27.7 cm (8 11/16 × 10 7/8 in.)
  • Type: Print
  • External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
  • Medium: Albumen silver print
  • Terms of Use: Open Content
  • Number: 84.XA.941.5.41
  • Culture: Sri Lankan
  • Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
  • Creator Display Name: The Colombo Apothecaries Co., Ltd. (Sri Lankan, founded about 1880, dissolved 1920s)
  • Classification: Photographs (Visual Works)
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