M0005266: Kirikoraha ceremony, Sri Lanka

Previous title, replaced November 2021: Kirikoraha ceremony.

Photograph of a Kirikoraha ceremony of the the Vedda or Wanniyalaeto, a minority indigenous group of people in Sri Lanka. The accompanying text describes the scene as "the shaman about to spin the pot". Originally published in The Veddas by C.G. Seligmann and Brenda Z. Seligmann, Cambridge University Press, 1911. The accompanying text describes the scene as "Krikora ceremony, the shaman about to spin the pot (Henebedda)" Related materials: M0005263; M0005263EB; M0005264; M0005264EB; M0005265

17 November 1937

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the publication depicted in the glass plate negative

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2021.

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