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Description: | Concept: empire / commonwealth, civilian personnel, workers, agriculture / food, women / womens work, costume / fashion, cartography Description: whole: the image is positioned in the lower three-quarters. The title is separate and placed in the upper quarter, in white and in blue, held within a red inset. The text is partially integrated and located in the right two-thirds, in brown and in red, held within three white insets and blue borders. All set against a blue and white background. image: a full-length depiction of a Ceylonese woman, dressed in a sari, cutting the bark of a rubber tree. Two bowls are attached to the side of the tree to collect the sap. The image is held within a white inset which forms the outline of Ceylon. text: [Tamil text] [Rubber is in great demand! In 1939, Ceylon produced 90,000 tons of rubber. In 1942, Japan seized hold of the rubber in the Malaya and the Dutch East Indies. We need all of the rubber that is liable to be produced in Ceylon in 1944.] G. S. Fernando No. 378, PRINTED BY SURVEY DEPT., CEYLON JUNE 1944 ISSUED BY THE DEPT. OF INFORMATION Object: bowl, tree | Subjects: | poster | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Fernando, G S Printer: Survey Department of Ceylon Publisher/Sponsor: Department of Information, Colombo | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=5143... | Go to resource |
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