Woman demonstrating how to the head cloth. Ake village. April 6th.
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A Handbook to the Weapons of War and the Chase, 1908
Weaving baskets
Children, dyed woven cloth and beads
Photograph depicting a procession for the Kandy Esala Perahera in Sri Lanka
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