Detail View: Ira Wolff Photographic History Collection: Man ("Kandian Chief") wearing dhoti, quilted jacket and a beaded necklace. Possibly Kandy, Sri Lanka.
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File Name:
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wolff_singlesAsiaAfricaEurope_037.tif
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Collection Name:
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Ira Wolff Photographic History Collection
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Collection Description:
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The Ira Wolff Photographic History Collection consists of approximately 7,000 original photographs and 7,000 publications, largely from the nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. As a whole, the collection traces the invention of photography, the scientific and technical components of its development, the history of photomechanical printing, vernacular photographic practices, and the medium's role in social and cultural documentation. The digitized portion of the collection focuses exclusively on private photographic albums ranging from cartes-de-visite albums to travel albums.
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Work Type:
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photographs
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Work Title:
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Man ("Kandian Chief") wearing dhoti, quilted jacket and a beaded necklace. Possibly Kandy, Sri Lanka.
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Work Agent Name:
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Scowen & Co.
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Work Agent Role:
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photographers
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Work Date:
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1880/1900
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Work Date Type:
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creation
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Location Name:
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Sri Lanka
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Repository Location Name:
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University of Colorado Boulder Special Collections Department
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Repository Location Type:
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corporate
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Technique:
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gelatin silver prints
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Technique Vocab:
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aat
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Inscription Text:
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"Costume and head-dress of Kandian chief"
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Inscription Text Type:
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caption
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Inscription Text:
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"Kandian Chief, Scowen & Co., Ceylon."
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Inscription Text Type:
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text
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Work Description:
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Image No. 37. "Costume and head-dress of Kandian chief" titled in ink and "Kandian Chief, Scowen & Co., Ceylon" titled in plate. 8 1/2 x 10 3/4 photo, mounted. c. 1897.
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Work Description:
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The subject wears what appears to be a dhoti, plus a quilted jacket and a necklace of metallic beads. He stands next to a potted "Rex" begonia plant.
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Work Description:
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Legacy file ID changed to match file names with extension on 2021-07-01. Original ID was: Wolff_AsiaAfricaEurope_singles_037.jpg
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Relation:
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Asia, Africa, and Europe album
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Relation Type:
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partOf
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Relation Relids:
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wolff_asiaAfricaEurope
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Relation href:
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http://cudl.colorado.edu/luna/servlet/s/cckl62
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Image Rights:
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The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. URI: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
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Image Title:
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Man ("Kandian Chief") wearing dhoti, quilted jacket and a beaded necklace. Possibly Kandy, Sri Lanka.
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Image Work Type:
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digital images
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Identifier ARK:
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https://ark.colorado.edu/ark:/47540/764p8d9184qb
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