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Fruit seller with bananas under tiled roof. Colombo (possible).
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Fruit seller with bananas under tiled roof

Colombo (possible)
c. 1885–1905

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Uncertain
The kind of scene is clear, but the place or people are not established.
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Skeen & Co (number unclear)
Maker
Skeen & Co
Date basis
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Reference
TCP-O17

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