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armament, ethnographic: arrow
armament, ethnographic: bow
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A temporary arch built in Sri Lanka for a visit by the Duke of Gloucester
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timekeeping t&e: dial, fixed: dial, horizontal garden
water transport: native craft: canoe, dugout (Sri Lanka)
water transport: native craft: canoe, oru
water transport: native craft: canoe, oru (Ceylon)
water transport: native craft: canoe, outrigger
water transport: native craft: canoe, outrigger (Ceylon)
water transport: native craft: log boat (Indian)
water transport: native craft: market boat (Ceylon)
water transport: native craft: oruwa (Ceylon)
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An elevated view of the Temple of the Tooth in Kandy (Photographic print)
A temporary, decorative arch built in Sri Lanka for a visit by the Duke of Gloucester (Photographic print)
A stupa at a Sri Lankan temple (Photographic print)
'Satinwood Bridge' in Sri Lanka (Photographic print)
A group of local men and boys standing by an outrigger canoe on a beach on the south coast of Ceylon. (Roll film negative)
Young men fishing from single poles in the shallows off the coast of Ceylon. (Roll film negative)
A local man walking on a beach carrying two baskets on a pole across his shoulder on the south coast of Ceylon. (Roll film negative)
Outrigger canoes on a beach in front of a village on the south coast of Ceylon. (Roll film negative)
A local man leaning on the bow of an outrigger canoe on a beach on the south coast of Ceylon. (Roll film negative)
Lathika (Rigging Rope)
Lathika (Bailer)
Lathika (Rigging Rope)
Lathika (Rigging Rope)
Lathika (Sail)
‘Singhalese ayah (Nurse Maid)’ (Postcard)
A religious ascetic with an alms pot, lying on the ground at Kandy (Print)
A Sri Lankan statue of Buddha on an outdoor plinth (Photographic print)
A street in Peradeniya in Sri Lanka (Photographic print)
Two Sri Lankan people with a well (Photographic print)
Ethnographic boat model
An elephant posing for a photograph with his Mahout (Photographic print)
A section of the railway between Colombo and Kandy, Sri Lanka (Ceylon) (Photographic print)
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