Sujet

Devil Dancers from "Hagenbeck's World Renowned Ceylonese Exhibition Programme", 1886. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Devil Dancers from "Hagenbeck's World Renowned Ceylonese Exhibition Programme", 1886. Illustration advertising Carl Hagenbeck's Carl Hagenbeck's entertainment, held at the Royal Agricultural Hall, Islington. Ceylon was a British colony between 1796 and 1948. Hagenbeck's show featured Ceylonese people as exhibits during the era of the human zoo. The 'Devil Dances' are an attempt to respond to the common belief that certain ailments are caused by unseen hands, and that they should be chased away in order for the patient to be cured.

Date

1886

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The London Archives

Notre référence

HRM25A07_084

Model release

Non

Property release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

52,2Mo (4,0Mo) / 46,3cm x 28,3cm / 5468 x 3339 (300dpi)

Mots clés

unusual people male man men exotic dance country entertainment guy costume costumes belief faith dancing clothes Sri Lanka dancer dancers dress traditional costume native advertisement advertising location century advert programme clothing concept poster exploitation controversy APPAREL B&W ad controversial scrapbook 19th century black & white black and white B W nineteenth century Ceylon Ceylonese Sri Lankan traditional dress indigenous scrap book indigenous people Unknown Carl 19th-century clothing & dress fashion & clothing tableau vivant The London Archives entertainments scrapbook ethnological exposition human zoo Carl Hagenbeck Hagenbeck