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Execution by an eliphant.  

Publication Date:  1681
Creator:  Knox, Robert, 1640?-1720
Publisher:  Printed by Richard Chiswell
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  H31.9 x W21 cm
Subjects:  ஆப்பிரிக்கா -- இலங்கை
අප්රිකාව -- ශ්රී ලංකා
British -- Sri Lanka -- History -- 17th century -- Early works to 1800
Sri Lanka -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800
Sri Lanka -- Social life and customs -- History -- 17th century -- Early works to 1800
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Women drumming in Sri Lanka  

Publication Date:  1960
Creator:  Fürer-Haimendorf, Christoph von, 1909-1995
Furer-Haimendorf, Christoph von, 1909-1995
Haimendorf, Christoph Von Fürer- (1909-1995); anthropologist
Material:  Photographic film: 35mm B&W neg ILFORD PANCHROMATIC FP3
Subjects:  Women
Drum
Drummers (Musicians)
Sinhalese (Sri Lankan people)
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Portrait of a man in Sri Lanka  

Publication Date:  1960
Creator:  Fürer-Haimendorf, Christoph von, 1909-1995
Furer-Haimendorf, Christoph von, 1909-1995
Haimendorf, Christoph Von Fürer- (1909-1995); anthropologist
Material:  Photographic film: 35mm B&W neg Ilford FP3 Panchromatic Fine Grain
Subjects:  Men
Sinhalese (Sri Lankan people)
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Portrait of a dancer in Sri Lanka  

Publication Date:  1960
Creator:  Fürer-Haimendorf, Christoph von, 1909-1995
Furer-Haimendorf, Christoph von, 1909-1995
Haimendorf, Christoph Von Fürer- (1909-1995); anthropologist
Material:  Photographic film: 35mm B&W neg ILFORD PANCHROMATIC FP3
Subjects:  Dancers
Sinhalese (Sri Lankan people)
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Fishing boat off the coast of Sri Lanka  

Publication Date:  1960
Creator:  Fürer-Haimendorf, Christoph von, 1909-1995
Furer-Haimendorf, Christoph von, 1909-1995
Haimendorf, Christoph Von Fürer- (1909-1995); anthropologist
Material:  Photographic film: 35mm B&W neg ILFORD PANCHROMATIC FP3
Subjects:  Fishing boats
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Standing Buddha image at Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka  

Publication Date:  1960
Creator:  Fürer-Haimendorf, Christoph von, 1909-1995
Furer-Haimendorf, Christoph von, 1909-1995
Haimendorf, Christoph Von Fürer- (1909-1995); anthropologist
Material:  Photographic film: 35mm B&W neg Ilford FP3 Panchromatic Fine Grain
Subjects:  Buddhas in art
Standing Buddhas
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Image of the Buddha in Sri Lanka  

Publication Date:  1960
Creator:  Fürer-Haimendorf, Christoph von, 1909-1995
Furer-Haimendorf, Christoph von, 1909-1995
Haimendorf, Christoph Von Fürer- (1909-1995); anthropologist
Material:  Photographic film: 35mm B&W neg Ilford FP3 Panchromatic Fine Grain
Subjects:  Buddhas in art
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Portrait of a Vedda boy in Sri Lanka  

Publication Date:  1960
Creator:  Fürer-Haimendorf, Christoph von, 1909-1995
Furer-Haimendorf, Christoph von, 1909-1995
Haimendorf, Christoph Von Fürer- (1909-1995); anthropologist
Material:  Photographic film: 35mm B&W neg Ilford Panchromic Fine Grain
Subjects:  Vedda (Sri Lankan people)
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Portrait of a dancer in Sri Lanka  

Publication Date:  1960
Creator:  Fürer-Haimendorf, Christoph von, 1909-1995
Furer-Haimendorf, Christoph von, 1909-1995
Haimendorf, Christoph Von Fürer- (1909-1995); anthropologist
Material:  Photographic film: 35mm B&W neg ILFORD PANCHROMATIC FP3
Subjects:  Dancers
Sinhalese (Sri Lankan people)
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Bathing in Sri Lanka  

Publication Date:  1960
Creator:  Fürer-Haimendorf, Christoph von, 1909-1995
Furer-Haimendorf, Christoph von, 1909-1995
Haimendorf, Christoph Von Fürer- (1909-1995); anthropologist
Material:  Photographic film: 35mm B&W neg ILFORD PANCHROMATIC FP3
Subjects:  Baths
Sinhalese (Sri Lankan people)
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Among the hills in central Ceylon  

Publication Date:  [n.d.]
Creator:  Weir, Helen
Technique:  Watercolour painting
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London

Group of Sinhala adults and children at play  

Publication Date:  1960
Creator:  Fürer-Haimendorf, Christoph von, 1909-1995
Furer-Haimendorf, Christoph von, 1909-1995
Haimendorf, Christoph Von Fürer- (1909-1995); anthropologist
Material:  Photographic film: 35mm B&W neg Ilford FP3 Panchromatic Fine Grain
Subjects:  Play
Sinhalese (Sri Lankan people)
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Women drumming in Sri Lanka  

Publication Date:  1960
Creator:  Fürer-Haimendorf, Christoph von, 1909-1995
Furer-Haimendorf, Christoph von, 1909-1995
Haimendorf, Christoph Von Fürer- (1909-1995); anthropologist
Material:  Photographic film: 35mm B&W neg ILFORD PANCHROMATIC FP3
Subjects:  Women
Drum
Drummers (Musicians)
Sinhalese (Sri Lankan people)
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Portrait of a Sinhala woman in Sri Lanka  

Publication Date:  1960
Creator:  Fürer-Haimendorf, Christoph von, 1909-1995
Furer-Haimendorf, Christoph von, 1909-1995
Haimendorf, Christoph Von Fürer- (1909-1995); anthropologist
Material:  Photographic film: 35mm B&W neg ILFORD PANCHROMATIC FP3
Subjects:  Sinhalese (Sri Lankan people)
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Boats and fishermen on the coast of Sri Lanka  

Publication Date:  1960
Creator:  Fürer-Haimendorf, Christoph von, 1909-1995
Furer-Haimendorf, Christoph von, 1909-1995
Haimendorf, Christoph Von Fürer- (1909-1995); anthropologist
Material:  Photographic film: 35mm B&W neg ILFORD PANCHROMATIC FP3
Subjects:  Fishers
Fishing boats
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
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