Identity area
Reference code
326-IM-0015-0025
Title
The Mental Hospital, Angoda
Date(s)
- 1960-05-19 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
Images
Context area
Name of creator
The Times of Ceylon Press
Biographical history
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
These are some of the exhibits at the exhibition and sale of work of handicrafts by patients of the Mental Hospital, Angoda, which was opened at the Red Cross Society Hall yesterday evening by the Minister of Health Senator (Dr.) M. V. P. Peiris.
A message to the exhibition from the Director of Health Services, Dr. W. A. Karunaratne, says: "After centuries of ostracism, during which the mentally sick were labelled as 'lunatics' and regarded as creatures irrevocably cut off from society and who had to be locked up in institutions or even chained in prisons, today a new and rapidly developing concept is planning itself for the future well-being of the mentally sick."
This is the first exhibition of work by Mental Hospital patients. The exhibits range from baskets and cushions to cane drawing-room suites.
A message to the exhibition from the Director of Health Services, Dr. W. A. Karunaratne, says: "After centuries of ostracism, during which the mentally sick were labelled as 'lunatics' and regarded as creatures irrevocably cut off from society and who had to be locked up in institutions or even chained in prisons, today a new and rapidly developing concept is planning itself for the future well-being of the mentally sick."
This is the first exhibition of work by Mental Hospital patients. The exhibits range from baskets and cushions to cane drawing-room suites.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- The Times of Ceylon Press (Creator)
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
Language(s)
Script(s)
Sources
Digital object metadata
Media type
Image
Mime-type
image/tiff
Filesize
31.6 MiB
Uploaded
May 21, 2015 9:40 PM