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Observation post at the elephant pen near Jaele, eight kilometres northeast of Negombo
Brandes, Jan
Observation post of bamboo at the elephant pen near Jaele, eight kilometres northeast of Negombo.
Every seven years or so, elephants were rounded up and held captive. At the point that Jan Brandes visited this pen it held 25 elephants.
This drawing is part of a series of 13 illustrations taking the elephant pen as their subject.
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