Black-and-white negative

Museum number:
15-30281
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21150030281
Alternate number:
CE-68 (previous number (collector's original number)) and TEMP 2017.179 (temporary number)
Accession number:
Acc.4054
Description:
Black and white negative of a Buddhist Temple in Colombo. Hoefler's original description: "Colombo, Ceylon. Buddhist Temple in Colombo. The Temples of Ceylon are quite different in architecture from those in India proper. most of the people in Ceylon -- called Sinhalese -- are Buddhists, whereas those in India are of the Hindu faith, excepting of course the Mohammadeans. This odd Temple is closed to those not of the faith, but another Temple in Colombo allows visitors and contains many notable works of art in connection with the life of the Great Buddha, or Enlightened One." (Prints Supplied To: Denver Post.)
Donor:
Jacqueline Hoefler Troyer, Paul L. Hoefler, and Sharon Cordary
Collection place:
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Verbatim coll. place:
Colombo, Ceylon
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:
Colombo, Sri Lanka
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— length 4.5 inches and whole— height 2.63 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Black-and-white negative, accession number 15-30281, described as Black and white negative of a Buddhist Temple in Colombo. Hoefler's original description: "Colombo, Ceylon. Buddhist Temple in Colombo. The Temples of Ceylon are quite different in architecture from those in India proper. most of the people in Ceylon -- called Sinhalese -- are Buddhists, whereas those in India are of the Hindu faith, excepting of course the Mohammadeans. This odd Temple is closed to those not of the faith, but another Temple in Colombo allows visitors and contains many notable works of art in connection with the life of the Great Buddha, or Enlightened One." (Prints Supplied To: Denver Post.)Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Black-and-white negative, accession number 15-30281, described as Black and white negative of a Buddhist Temple in Colombo. Hoefler's original description: "Colombo, Ceylon. Buddhist Temple in Colombo. The Temples of Ceylon are quite different in architecture from those in India proper. most of the people in Ceylon -- called Sinhalese -- are Buddhists, whereas those in India are of the Hindu faith, excepting of course the Mohammadeans. This odd Temple is closed to those not of the faith, but another Temple in Colombo allows visitors and contains many notable works of art in connection with the life of the Great Buddha, or Enlightened One." (Prints Supplied To: Denver Post.)

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