IDNO

D.99104.GCUM

Description

"A Forest Sanctuary. Offerings of red pottery to the god of the tank at Minery, near the ancient city of Polanarua [sic 'Poḷonnaruwa'] in Ceylon, in the heart of the forest." [C. F. Gordon Cumming’s annotation, JD 29/7/2009]

Place

S Asia; Sri Lanka; North Central Province; near Poḷonnaruwa; Minery [Ceylon]

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Gordon Cumming, Constance Frederica [Original Artist]

Collector / Expedition

?Gordon Cumming, Constance Frederica

Date

?1876 - 1877

Collection Name

Gordon Cumming CollectionMuseum Objects and Galleries

Source

?Gordon Cumming, Constance Frederica

Format

Painting

Primary Documentation

Other Information

D.99046.GCUM to D.99120.GCUM are in A.170.GCUM.

This album has been transferred from CUMMA’s Object Collections (original accession number Z 4151), into the Photographic Collections, and catalogued with the support of the Getty Grant Program One.