Lankan Collection (page 5)

Tea Factory - Sri Lanka
Great Western Tea Factory - Sri Lanka Date: circa 1920s

Women picking tea - Sri Lanka Date: circa 1920s

Lady Havelock Hospital, Colombo, Sri Lanka Date: circa 1904

Sri Lanka - Villager in his dugout canoe Date: circa 1910s

Ceylon (Sri Lanka) - Colombo - Tram. The writing on this card is rather amusing: " Excuse me sending no letter - news is so scarce and there is nothing worth writing about." Date: 1905

Colombo, Sri Lanka - view of the harbour 1935

Low Country Sinhalese Woman - Sri Lanka. She appears to have a pile of interestingly-shaped fruit or veg in her lap, which defies identification.... Date: circa 1908

Sri Lanka - Colombo - Main Street
Sri Lanka - Colombo - The busy Main Street with a tram, rickshaws and a host of pedestrians getting on with their lives. Date: circa 1920

Colombo, Sri Lanka - Veddhas Tribesmen
Survival International say that as of February 2010, there are less than 2000 surviving members of this Tribe - the Veddhas (also known as Wanniyala-Aetto or Forest People)

Sri Lanka - Colpetty Road, Colombo - Rickshaw drivers and tall palm trees. Date: 1927

Sri Lanka - Main Street at Pettah with local shops Date: 1932

Sri Lanka - Giant Bamboo Plants
Giant Bamboo Plants at the Royal Botanical Garden, Peradeniya, close to the city of Kandy in the Central Province of Sri Lanka. Date: 1932

Sri Lanka - Fruit Seller
A Fruit Shop in Sri Lanka Date: 1932

A Local Covent Garden - Colombo, Ceylon
A Local Covent Garden (!) - Colombo, Sri Lanka Date: 1910s

Fishermen - Sri Lanka
Fishermen returning home with their catch - Sri Lanka Date: circa 1934

Kandyan Chiefs - Sri Lanka Date: circa 1910s

Memorial pilar on Swami Rock, Tricomalee, Sri Lanka
Swami Rock, Tricomalee, Sri Lanka. Pillar erected in memory of Francina Van Rhede in 1687. She was the daughter of a gentleman of high office in the Dutch service

Racial / Sri Lanka 1880
Two Sri Lankan couples: the men wear ornate hats Date: 1880

Racial / Sri Lanka / Dancers
Two Sri Lankan Devil Dancers accompanied by a barrel drum. Their hands are held in detailed positions (mudras) which have symbolic & narative meaning. Date: circa 1890

Colombo - The Bristol Hotel
Colombo, Sri Lanka (Ceylon) - The Bristol Hotel, boasting the " Best Cuisine in the East - Curries a speciality"

A man and woman of Ceylon (Sri Lanka). A book of national types and costumes from the early 19th century

Sri Lanka - Picking and weighing tea
Picking and weighing Green Tea in Sri Lanka

The Wharf - Colombo, Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan Chief
A Sri Lankan Kandyan chief in his finery

Sri Lanka - Tamil Woman

Colombo - Sri Lanka
Scenes from Colombo, Sri Lanka, including an elephant, the Harbour and the Galle Face Hotel

Temple at Kochchikade, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Buddhist Temple at Kochchikade, Colombo, Sri Lanka

A Surf-Boat, Sri Lanka, 1887
Engraving of a Sri Lankan (then Ceylon) surf-boat, under sail, riding the waves, from The Graphic, 1887. With an outrigger and fairly large sail, this vessel looks a stout craft

Edward / Sri Lankan Train
Edward, Prince of Wales, riding on the footplate of a locomotive over the Ghaut, ( Sensation Rock )

Devil Dancers / Sri Lanka
Three Sri Lankan devil dancers in full costume in a strong triangular pose with two barrel drummers

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SRI LANKA South Asia Polonnaruwa Gal Vihara Mid twelfth century reclining Buddha figure carved from granite 11th -13th Century capital

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SRI LANKA South Asia Polonnaruwa Gal Vihara Mid twelfth century seated Buddha figure carved from granite 11th -13th Century capital

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SRI LANKA South Asia Mihintale Large white seated statue of Buddha with left hand raised

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SRI LANKA South Asia Mihintale Large white seated statue of Buddha with left hand raised

Sri Lankan Boy Scouts
A party of boy scouts from Ceylon (Sri Lanka), rehearsing at Clapham, London, on their way to the World Jamboree in Hungary

Sri Lankan Hell
Hell according to the people of Sri Lanka, who name it Calla Sootraya

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