Mt. Lavinia School for the Blind, Sri Lanka

Print, Photographic

Accession Number: 2009.24.16.778-785

Description: (8) Eight BW prints; .778: Sri Lankan students gathered around chalk board and teacher pointing to large print teaching chart; captioned "Reading lesson in the partially sighted class"; .779: Sri Lankan boy playing piano; captioned "Practising for the Junior Grade Exam of the Trinity College of Music, London"; .780: Two Sri Lankan boys and a girl gather around an anatomical mannequin as a teacher holds a removed muscle from the form; captioned "A physiology lesson in the Junior Class"; .781: Four Sri Lankan girls in white dresses with cumberbunds kneel, their hands out in front; a flower lays on the floor in front of each dancer; their hair is pulled back in a tight bun on top of their heads; captioned "an oriental dance for the Junior girls"; .782: Two Sri Lankan boys sit playing wooden flutes; they wear placketed shirts decorated with patch on breasts; captioned "Two accomplished flutists"; .783: Sri Lankan girls in white dresses crouch in a large circle on a grassy lawn in front of the school building; captioned "The Brownies (JUnior Guides) in action"; .784: A group of Sri Lankan boys in a circle with one hand on the shoulder of the boy ahead and the other hand extended in a fist, wearing uniform shirts, shorts, beanie caps, and neckerchiefs; captioned "The cubs practising a dance for a camp fire"; .785: Ten Sri Lankan boys in scout uniforms (shorts, shirts, and neckerchiefs) forming a human pyramid on a grassy playground.

Medium: Photographic Paper

Date: ca. 1975

Credit Line: AFB Migel Memorial Library Collection, 2009.24

Subjects: Asia Dance Large Print Music Education Pianos School children Schools for the blind and visually impaired Science Education Scouting Sri Lanka