Lankan Collection (page 2)

Sri Lanka boy in the 1920s

A Temple Elephant, Sri Lanka. Date: circa 1910s

Rickshaws and Drivers, Sri Lanka. Date: circa 1900s

Performance of Romeo and Juliet, Colombo, Ceylon
Depictions of a performance of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet by the Singhalese in Colombo, Ceylon (modern day Sri Lanka)

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Sri Lanka, Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage. Riverfront area where orphaned elephants are allowed to roam free in adjacent forest. Date: 03/05/2007

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Sri Lanka, Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage. Mother with 3-week old baby elephant born at orphanage. Date: 03/05/2007

Sri Lankan Players Celebrate Ricky Pontings Wicket Australia Sri Lanka Australia V Sri Lanka 20 20 Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England 08 June 2009 Date: 08 June 2009

South Africa Celebrate Loss Of Sri Lanka N Wicket 28 August 1998 Date: 28 August 1998

Traditional Transportation - Covered Ox Cart - Colombo, Sri Lanka. Date: 1928

Sri Lankan spotted chevrotain, Moschiola meminna. (Memina or Indian musk, Moschus memina). Handcoloured engraving by Griffith, Harriet or Edward

Sri Lankan brown fish owl, Ketupa zeylonensis. (Great Ceylonese eared owl, Strix zeylonensis.) After an illustration by Pieter de Bevere provided by Governor Joan Gideon Loten

Elephant Snare at Kotawy, volume I from A Description of Ceylon
TRV230447 Elephant Snare at Kotawy, volume I from A Description of Ceylon by James Cordiner, published 1807 (litho) (b/w photo) by Cordiner

Sri Lanka, Anuradhapura, Wesak Festival, Women with flower offerings at sunset

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Sri Lanka, Negombo, Single man sunbathing on towel on sand of beach and turning red with sunburn

Following the Boer War, the British transferred many of their prisoners to various countries and colonies under their domain in South and South East Asia

Signs advertise services of notaries, attorneys, solicitors
A mass of signs advertising the services of notaries, attorneys and solicitors in a Colombo street, Sri Lanka Date: 1995

Small children take a nap during the afternoon, Sri Lanka
Two nuns watch as small children take a nap during the heat of the afternoon at a school run by the The Good Shepherd Sisters, in Sri Lanka Date: 1995

Mahout bathes an elephant, Sri Lanka - 4
A Mahout splashes water on an elephant while giving it a bath in the River Maha Oya near the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage in Sri Lanka Date: 1994

Mahout bathes an elephant, Sri Lanka - 3
A Mahout splashes water on an elephant while giving it a bath in the River Maha Oya near the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage in Sri Lanka Date: 1994

Mahout bathes an elephant, Sri Lanka - 2
A Mahout splashes water on an elephant while giving it a bath in the River Maha Oya near the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage in Sri Lanka Date: 1994

Mahout bathes an elephant, Sri Lanka - 1
Mahout rests on Raja, an old blind elephant, after giving him a bath in the River Maha Oya near the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage in Sri Lanka Date: 1994

Crew of Sri Lankan fishing prau
Ragged Sri Lankan fishermen work their prau sailing boat off the coast of Sri Lanka Date: 1994

Sri Lankan fisherman in outrigger boat - 4
A ragged Sri Lankan fisherman in straw sun hat, on the bow of his prau sailing boat off the coast of Sri Lanka Date: 1994

Sri Lankan fisherman in outrigger boat - 3
A ragged Sri Lankan fisherman in straw sun hat, on the bow of his prau sailing boat off the coast of Sri Lanka Date: 1994

Sri Lankan fisherman in outrigger boat - 2
A ragged Sri Lankan fisherman in straw sun hat, on the bow of his prau sailing boat off the coast of Sri Lanka Date: 1994

Sri Lankan fisherman in outrigger boat - 1
A ragged Sri Lankan fisherman in straw sun hat, on the bow of his prau sailing boat off the coast of Sri Lanka Date: 1994

Ragged boatman, Sri Lanka
Barefoot, ragged, skinny boatman wearing big floppy cap sits on a beached fishing boat on the beach at Galle, Sri Lanka Date: 1994

Sri Lankan pole fishermans catch
Poda, a Sri Lankan pole fisherman, or stilt fisherman. In podas hand are three small fishes - his entire catch for one day

Pole fishermen, Sri Lanka - 6
Sri Lankan pole fishermen, sometimes known as stilt fishing, on the coast near Galle, Sri Lanka. The man in the centre of the picture is Poda

Poda, a Sri Lankan pole fisherman, or stilt fisherman, portrait head and shoulders. He and his family were almost certainly killed in the tsumani of 2004 Date: 1994

Pole fishermen, Sri Lanka - 5
Sri Lankan pole fishermen, sometimes known as stilt fishing, on the coast near Galle, Sri Lanka. Pictured at dawn and silhouetted against the light Date: 1994

Pole fishermen, Sri Lanka - 3
Sri Lankan pole fishermen, sometimes known as stilt fishing, on the coast near Galle, Sri Lanka. Pictured at dawn and silhouetted against the light Date: 1994

Pole fishermen, Sri Lanka - 2
Sri Lankan pole fishermen, sometimes known as stilt fishing, on the coast near Galle, Sri Lanka. Pictured at dawn and silhouetted against the light Date: 1994

Pole fishermen, Sri Lanka - 1
Sri Lankan pole fishermen, sometimes known as stilt fishing, on the coast near Galle, Sri Lanka. Pictured at dawn and silhouetted against the light Date: 1994

Lipton Tea Plantation - Sri Lanka - Bunyan Estate - Pickers. Date: circa 1910s

Veddhas (Wanniyala-Aetto or Forest People), Sri Lanka
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)

Colombo, Sri Lanka - Lighthouse
Chatham Street, Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), with a clock tower and lighthouse Date: 1920s

Sri Lanka - Shiva the Destroyer and Reproducer and Peacock
Sri Lanka - Hindu God Shiva as the Destroyer and Reproducer. The Peacock beside him is that ridden by Saraswati, goddess of music and speech. Date: circa 1920s

Ancient Gem Cutter and Apprentice - Sri Lanka
Ancient Gem Cutter with his cutting and polishing tools and (his middle-aged!) Apprentice - Sri Lanka. Date: circa 1908

Sinhalese Devil Dancers - Sri Lanka. The Sinhalese (Sinhala, Sinhala Jathiya, Hela or Sinhale) are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group native to the island of Sri Lanka. Date: 1909

Cenotaph War Memorial, Galle Face Green, Colombo, Sri Lanka
The Cenotaph War Memorial built in the 1920s to remember both Ceylonese and Europeans from Ceylon who were killed in the World War I, was constructed at the Galle Face Green

Sri Lanka - Statue of Parakramabahu I (1153-1186), near the Potgul Vehera in Polonnaruwa - the majestic figure with solemn expression is holding a book (or yoke) in his hands

Sri Lanka - Sinhalese Government Peon. A peon in this region was mainly an attendant, orderly, office boy or person kept around for odd jobs. Date: circa 1910s

Buddhas Tooth and Golden Casket - Kandy, Sri Lanka
Buddhas Tooth and Golden Casket - housed at the Sri Dalada Maligawa (Temple of the Tooth) Kandy, Sri Lanka Date: circa 1909

Native group, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Native group outside a hut in Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1890s

Traditional Fishing boat - Galle, Sri Lanka. Date: circa 1910s

Gata Bera drummers and Sinhala Dancers - Sri Lanka. Date: circa 1907

Sri Lankan Village Chief - Traditional Hat - Colombo Date: circa 1907

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