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Sinhalese girl working in paddy field threshing rice Harvest

Sinhalese girl working in paddy field threshing rice Harvest, Sri Lanka — Sinhalese girl working in paddy field threshing rice Harvest #IMG425

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Date: 1940s
Photography/Publisher: Plate & Co., Colombo

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