cover image: Dancers with orchestra, Sri Lanka, s.d

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Dancers with orchestra, Sri Lanka, s.d

"Devil Dancers". Two dancers wearing devil masks with orchestra. From a set of lantern slides entitled "Ceylon, a fascinating field" revised by Rev. A.S. Beaty in 1942. Arthur Stanley Beaty (1883-1970) was a Methodist missionary in Ceylon [Sri Lanka] from 1906 to 1939.
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Authors

Skeen & Co

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m11169
Format
Photographs
Pages
Lantern slides, 8 x 8 cm.
Place Discussed
(state) Sri Lanka
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
Sri Lanka
Reference
impa-m11169 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-SOA-MMS-08-20-55-20
Rights
Archives, Manuscripts and Rare Books Division, The Library, SOAS, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG, United Kingdom Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes University of London. School of Oriental and African Studies. Library docenquiry@soas.ac.uk http://www.soas.ac.uk/library/archives/services/
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/7c11a2a836f93b57d71be60a6905c5f5

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