M0005265: Kirikoraha ceremony, Sri Lanka

Date:
17 November 1937
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/42/95
Part of:
Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
  • Archives and manuscripts
  • Online

Collection contents

Available online

view M0005265: Kirikoraha ceremony, Sri Lanka

In copyright

It is possible this item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You may be able to use this digital item under a copyright exception, otherwise you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s). These may be identified elsewhere in the catalogue record. Read more about copyright.

Read further guidance on copyright exceptions in the UK.

Credit

M0005265: Kirikoraha ceremony, Sri Lanka. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced November 2021: Kirikoraha ceremony.

Description

Photograph of a Kirikoraha ceremony of the the Vedda or Wanniyalaeto, a minority indigenous group in Sri Lanka. 6 men and 1 child standing. The accompanying text describes the scene as "the shaman possessed by Bilindi Yaka promises good hunting". Originally published in The Veddas by C.G. Seligmann and Brenda Z. Seligmann, Cambridge University Press, 1911. Related material: M0005263; M0005264; M0005266

Publication/Creation

17 November 1937

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the publication depicted in the glass plate negative

Notes

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.

Terms of use

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.

Subjects

Where to find it

  • LocationStatusAccess
    Closed stores
    		By appointmentManual request

Permanent link