Title

Menika - drummer at the Temple of the Tooth, Kandy, Ceylon, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers.

Caption

Menika - drummer at the Temple of the Tooth, Kandy, Ceylon, 1898. Man with drums tied round his waist. 'Menika, Trommler im Buddha Tempel Dalada Maligawa'. From "Rund um die Erde" [Round the Earth], written and illustrated by C. W. Allers. [Union Deutsche Verlagsgesellschaft, Stuttgart, 1898]

Credit line

Photo12/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19G31_300

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Property release

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License type

Rights managed

Available size

61,5Mb (3,1Mb) / 12,7in x 18,9in / 3800 x 5658 (300dpi)

Keywords

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