Costumes of the natives of Ceylon (Sri Lanka): Sinhalese man with sword and cane, and indigenous Vedda man with feather skirt, bow and arrows, fur cape, and two dogs on leashes. Handcoloured lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche's "Vollstaendige Völkergallerie in getreuen Abbildungen" (Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures), Meissen, circa 1835-1840. Goedsche (1785-1863) was a German writer, bookseller and publisher in Meissen. Many of the illustrations were adapted from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" and others.

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Photo credit: © Florilegius / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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