Black-and-white negative

Museum number:
15-30275
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21150030275
Alternate number:
CE-61 (previous number (collector's original number)) and TEMP 2017.173 (temporary number)
Accession number:
Acc.4054
Description:
Black and white negative of Ceylon jungle. Hoefler's original description: "Island of Ceylon. A view of the Ceylon jungle taken from the top of the famous Sigiriya Rock. The country shown is not under cultivation, excepting for small patches here and there. Many wild animals now roam this territory, which in times gone past was thickly populated, for at one time Sigiri Nuwara was a principal city of Ceylon." (Prints supplied to: Denver Post)
Donor:
Jacqueline Hoefler Troyer, Paul L. Hoefler, and Sharon Cordary
Collection place:
Sri Lanka (Ceylon)
Verbatim coll. place:
Island of Ceylon, Sigiriya Rock, Sigiri Nuwara
Culture or time period:
Sinhalese
Maker or artist:
Paul L. Hoefler
Collector:
Paul L. Hoefler
Collection date:
1931-1932
Materials:
Cellulose nitrate film
Place depicted:
Sri Lanka (Ceylon)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Black-and-white negatives
Function:
7.0 Use not specified (Communication, Records, Currency, and Measures)
Production date:
1931-1932
Accession date:
August 8, 1985
Department:
Still and motion photography
Dimensions:
whole— height 4 inches and whole— length 5 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Black-and-white negative, accession number 15-30275, described as Black and white negative of Ceylon jungle. Hoefler's original description: "Island of Ceylon. A view of the Ceylon jungle taken from the top of the famous Sigiriya Rock. The country shown is not under cultivation, excepting for small patches here and there. Many wild animals now roam this territory, which in times gone past was thickly populated, for at one time Sigiri Nuwara was a principal city of Ceylon." (Prints supplied to: Denver Post)Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Black-and-white negative, accession number 15-30275, described as Black and white negative of Ceylon jungle. Hoefler's original description: "Island of Ceylon. A view of the Ceylon jungle taken from the top of the famous Sigiriya Rock. The country shown is not under cultivation, excepting for small patches here and there. Many wild animals now roam this territory, which in times gone past was thickly populated, for at one time Sigiri Nuwara was a principal city of Ceylon." (Prints supplied to: Denver Post)

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