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Two Girls
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Portrait of two girls. Both are unclothed except for a strip of fabric around their waist tied with a bundle of leaves. In her journal, Carrie describes Ceylon as "a perpetual Garden of Eden. Even the people seem to be lost in a time gone by, indicated by their continued use of leaves in place of clothing".
1910
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Two Girls
1910
Portrait of two girls wearing traditional clothing. In her journals, Carrie often wrote descriptions of how the local people dressed.
Three Women Gathering Food in Ceylon
1910
Three women standing in a row. Two of the women are carrying food in baskets and pottery on their head. They are unclothed above the waist and wearing cloth tied around their waists as skirts, whic...
Portrait of Four Women
1910
Group portrait of four women. Two women are seated and two are standing. They are all wearing shawls, skirts, and sashes. In her travel journals, Carrie often described the clothing of the local pe...
Two Men
1910
Carrie often described the clothing of the people wherever she was visiting. Here are two men, both wearing head wrappings, gold colored sashes, long sleeve shirts, pants, and sandals.
People and Dog Sitting Outside
1910
Three children, an adult, and a dog sitting outside of a thatched home. The children appear to be preparing food. All of the children are unclothed. In her journal from Sudan, Carrie writes that "t...
Girl using Spinning Wheel
1910
A girl using a type of spinning wheel. She is wearing a kimono and a head wrapping.
