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Seller carrying clay pots on a shoulder pole, Colpetty Road. Kollupitiya, Colombo.
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Seller carrying clay pots on a shoulder pole, Colpetty Road

Kollupitiya, Colombo
Date not recorded; likely c. 1880–1910

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Named on the print, matched to a published caption, an unmistakable landmark, or identified by the collection’s owner.
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Identified by
Visual identification; place and date compared with Lankapura captions
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Reference
TCP-P192

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