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Hearst Museum object titled Black-and-white negative, accession number 15-30246, described as 4 X 5" Black and white negative of a swordsman and three drummers on the Island of Ceylon. Hoefler's original description: "Island of Ceylon. The coming swordsman of the district. This youngster was very clever with the swords, performing some remarkable tricks and also doing a sword dance, wherein he swung two swords with such lightning-like speed that the eye could hardly follow. It is a mystery how he avoided clipping off one or both of his ears during the performance."

Hearst Museum object titled Black-and-white negative, accession number 15-30241, described as Nitrate 4x5 negative. Black and white negative of Sinhalese drummers. Hoefler's original description: "Island of Ceylon. Near Kandy. Drummers in action during the performance of the Kandyian dance. The drummers devote their life to their art and take great pride in their work. It would be interesting to have their comment on the performance of a first-class American snare drummer, for the two methods are worlds apart. Ceylon is a place where the men dress like women, the nobler gentlemen even wearing combs in their hair."

Hearst Museum object titled Black-and-white negative, accession number 15-30242, described as 4 X 5" Negative. Black and white negative of the chorus in a Kandyian dance troop. Hoefler's original description: "Island of Ceylon. Members of the chorus in a Kandyian dance troop, and at the extreme right, the star drummer. One of the striking things for the visitor is the fact that the men of Ceylon dress like women according to Western ideas. They wear skirts and grow long hair which they knot on the top of their heads like our ladies did in the Gay Nineties. The nobler gentlemen wear tortoise shell combs in their hair, this custom owing its existence to the fact that gentlemen never carry burdens on their heads as do the lower lasses. It would be impossible, of course, to carry anything on top of the combs, hence the wearing of combs indicates a gentleman.

Hearst Museum object titled Black-and-white negative, accession number 15-30246, described as 4 X 5" Black and white negative of a swordsman and three drummers on the Island of Ceylon. Hoefler's original description: "Island of Ceylon. The coming swordsman of the district. This youngster was very clever with the swords, performing some remarkable tricks and also doing a sword dance, wherein he swung two swords with such lightning-like speed that the eye could hardly follow. It is a mystery how he avoided clipping off one or both of his ears during the performance."

Black-and-white negative

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Hearst Museum object titled Black-and-white negative, accession number 15-30241, described as Nitrate 4x5 negative. Black and white negative of Sinhalese drummers. Hoefler's original description: "Island of Ceylon. Near Kandy. Drummers in action during the performance of the Kandyian dance. The drummers devote their life to their art and take great pride in their work. It would be interesting to have their comment on the performance of a first-class American snare drummer, for the two methods are worlds apart. Ceylon is a place where the men dress like women, the nobler gentlemen even wearing combs in their hair."

Black-and-white negative

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Hearst Museum object titled Black-and-white negative, accession number 15-30242, described as 4 X 5" Negative. Black and white negative of the chorus in a Kandyian dance troop. Hoefler's original description: "Island of Ceylon. Members of the chorus in a Kandyian dance troop, and at the extreme right, the star drummer. One of the striking things for the visitor is the fact that the men of Ceylon dress like women according to Western ideas. They wear skirts and grow long hair which they knot on the top of their heads like our ladies did in the Gay Nineties. The nobler gentlemen wear tortoise shell combs in their hair, this custom owing its existence to the fact that gentlemen never carry burdens on their heads as do the lower lasses. It would be impossible, of course, to carry anything on top of the combs, hence the wearing of combs indicates a gentleman.

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Drums (membranophones)Remove constraint Object class: Drums (membranophones)3 objects
Membranophones (drums and other instruments that produce sound via vibrating membranes)3 objects
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Paul L. Hoefler3 objects

Jacqueline Hoefler Troyer3 objects
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7.0 Use not specified (Communication, Records, Currency, and Measures)3 objects

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