# Sinhalese Man

- By: Scowen & Co. (British, active Ceylon, 1876–1895)
- By: Skeen & Co. (British, active 1860–1920)
- Date: c. 1880s
- Medium: albumen print
- Classification: Photograph
- Dimensions: Image: 14.1 x 9.1 cm (5 9/16 x 3 9/16 in.); Paper: 14.1 x 9.4 cm (5 9/16 x 3 11/16 in.)
- Culture: India, 19th century
- Credit line: Purchase from the Karl B. Goldfield Trust
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.221)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2018.221/2018.221_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

The gentleman sports a Western jacket and shirt, but his distinctive hairstyle identifies him as Sinhalese, a people originally from northern India who now form the majority of the population of Sri Lanka.