Ivory Turning, Sri Lanka in early 1900s #IMG692 Ivory Carving in Early Sri Lanka In Sri Lanka elephants are endangered & ivory carving, as an art no longer exist. Once famous for the numbers & quality of it’s elephants, whose tusks were carved & exported since ancient times.
Tamil Hindu jewellery makers. The person wanting something made brought either silver or gold of the required quantity to the jewellery maker. he would make it and only charge for workmanship any left over scraping will also belong to him. He seems to be sitting in a temple courtyard.