The Ceylonese Tea-Plucker in Art
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| + | [[File:Tea-Plucking-by-Tamil-Cooly-Woman-Ceylon-Sri-Lanka-Postcard-Front.jpg|right|300px|thumb|"Tea Plucking by Tamil Cooly Woman, Ceylon", postcard front. "Cooly" is an unusual spelling of "coolie," an archaic meaning a colonized, underpaid, exploited Asian worker. Ceylon is now Sri Lanka.]] | ||
[[File:Plucking-Salada-Tea-Postcard-Front.jpg|right|300px|thumb|The Salada Tea Plucker, Ceylon, postcard front, 1930s.]] | [[File:Plucking-Salada-Tea-Postcard-Front.jpg|right|300px|thumb|The Salada Tea Plucker, Ceylon, postcard front, 1930s.]] | ||
[[File:Advertisenment-Tea-Girl-Safety-Matches-India.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Tea Girl Safety Matches box cover, India, circa 1930s.]] | [[File:Advertisenment-Tea-Girl-Safety-Matches-India.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Tea Girl Safety Matches box cover, India, circa 1930s.]] | ||
| - | + | On this page i am developing a gallery of images that feature a woman in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) plucking tea. Stay tuned for more art, photos, and socio-political theorizing about this trope in commercial tea leaf art. | |
<i><b>catherine yronwode</b><br>curator, historian, and docent | <i><b>catherine yronwode</b><br>curator, historian, and docent | ||
Revision as of 02:29, 4 November 2020
On this page i am developing a gallery of images that feature a woman in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) plucking tea. Stay tuned for more art, photos, and socio-political theorizing about this trope in commercial tea leaf art.
catherine yronwode
curator, historian, and docent
The Mystic Tea Room
See Also
- Tea Leaf Symbols in Art
- Tea Leaf Reading in Art
- Advertisements for Tea Leaf Reading Services
- Harry Roseland's Fortune Teller Art
- Tea Company Booklet Art
- The Ceylonese Tea-Plucker in Art
