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.]]
 
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[[File:Plucking-Salada-Tea-Postcard-Front.jpg|right|300px|thumb|The Salada Tea Plucker, Ceylon, postcard front, 1930s.]]
 
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[[File:Advertisenment-Tea-Girl-Safety-Matches-India.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Tea Girl Safety Matches box cover, India, circa 1930s.]]
 
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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.
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.
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File:Tea-Plucking-by-Tamil-Cooly-Woman-Ceylon-Sri-Lanka-Postcard-Front.jpg|"Tea Plucking by Tamil Cooly Woman, Ceylon", postcard front. "Cooly" is an unusual spelling of "coolie," an archaic word derived from the mid 17th century Hindi and Telugu word kuli, meaning "day laborer," and probably associated with the Urdu word ḳuli, meaning "slave." Ceylon is now Sri Lanka.
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File:Plucking-Salada-Tea-Postcard-Front.jpg|The Salada Tea Plucker, Ceylon, postcard front, 1930s.
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File:Advertisenment-Tea-Girl-Safety-Matches-India.jpg|Tea Girl Safety Matches box cover, India, circa 1930s.
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<i><b>catherine yronwode</b><br>curator, historian, and docent
<i><b>catherine yronwode</b><br>curator, historian, and docent

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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.

"Tea Plucking by Tamil Cooly Woman, Ceylon", postcard front. "Cooly" is an unusual spelling of "coolie," an archaic word derived from the mid 17th century Hindi and Telugu word kuli, meaning "day laborer," and probably associated with the Urdu word ḳuli, meaning "slave." Ceylon is now Sri Lanka.

The Salada Tea Plucker, Ceylon, postcard front, 1930s.

Tea Girl Safety Matches box cover, India, circa 1930s.

catherine yronwode
curator, historian, and docent
The Mystic Tea Room

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