Title: Mahara, Sri Lanka
Creator: Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy
Description: Photo of Mahara quarry. This quarry was worked by prisoners at Mahara prison, the third largest in the country – the prison may originally have been set up for exactly this purpose. Today the quarry area is still in use at the prison, which mostly holds repeat offenders.
Date: [1890s-1900s]
Format: Black and white photographic lantern slide
Archive reference: LDGSL/1088/AC/CEY/1/1
Image reference: 08-02
Recommended print size: Up to 10 x 8 inches (25 x 14cm)
