Nativity Play at School for the Blind, Mt. Lavinia, Sri Lanka

Print, Photographic

Accession Number: 2009.24.16.786-787

Description: .786: BW print; three boys dressed in robes, headdresses, and fake beards knee with hands bowed in front of a girl dresses in a white robe and feathered wings; the girl holds her hand up; a painted backdrop of mountains and desert plants fills the background; stamped "Studio Venus, Dehiwala": captioned "A scene from the nativity play staged last Xmas"; .787: BW print: at right a bearded man wearing a robe and headdress stands with a walking stick; a woman stands beside him, dressed in a sari and headscarf; on left a man in robe and small hat and a second woman in sari and headscarf stand in front of a straw-roofed stage prop; same painted mountain backdrop in background; stamped "Studio Venus, Dehiwala": captioned "A scene from the nativity play staged last Xmas".

Medium: Photographic Paper

Date: ca. 1975

Credit Line: AFB Migel Memorial Library Collection, 2009.24

Subjects: Asia Children performing in theatrical productions Christmas Plays School children Schools for the blind and visually impaired Sri Lanka