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The closing of the elephant pen near Jaele, eight kilometres northeast of Negombo
Brandes, Jan
The closing of the elephant pen near Jaele, eight kilometres northeast of Negombo.
The elephants are driven into the pen with fire, gunshots and the sound of drums and rattles.
Every seven years or so the elephants were rounded up and held captive. At the time Jan Brandes visited this pen, there were 25 elephants being held there.
This drawing is one of a series of 13 taking the elephant pen as its subject.
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