Native Sinhalese Toddy collector #IMG775
Toddy (Raa) is the sap of palm trees used as a beverage. To collect palm sap, the flower bud is cut at the tip before it blossoms and a pot (clay pot) is hung to collect the sap. This tradition method of collecting Toddy is slowly becoming a rare scene. Read more…
Kandy lake bund, near Temple of the tooth late 1800s #IMG774
Kandy Lake is a lake in the heart of the city of Kandy, Sri Lanka. Built in 1807 by King Sri Vikrama Rajasinha of Sri Lanka next to the Temple of the Tooth.
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Sinhalese mat makers near Kandy 1880 by Skeen #IMG767
Main street, Pettah, Colombo Sri Lanka 1900s #IMG741
Buddhist monks near the Sri Maha Bodhi, Anuradhapura Sri Lanka 1900-1910s #IMG737
Beautiful Tamil women Sri Lanka c.1909 by Skeen & Co #IMG713
Andrée Anon Anuradhapura Apothecaries Ceylon Pictorials Ceylon Tea Francis Fiebig Henry Salt John & Co Kandy Lawton Lionel Wendt Plâté Robert Knox Sadoon Scowen Skeen Uduman VOC William Henry
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