3-053-285 - The London Archives (City of London)/Heritage Images

Stick Dancers from "Hagenbeck's World Renowned Ceylonese Exhibition", 1886. Illustration advertising Carl Hagenbeck's Carl Hagenbeck's entertainment, held at the Royal Agricultural Hall, Islington. Ceylon was a British colony between 1796 and 1948. Hagenbeck's show featured Ceylonese people as exhibits during the era of the human zoo.