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  • A high ranking person on horseback, being blessed by a god. Gouache painting by an Indic artist.
  • A mythological scene: a man kneels with folded hands as he sees a vision of a boy with a halo around his head, as other people look on in amazement. Gouache painting by an Indic artist.
  • The birth of the Buddha (?): Queen Maya holds on to the branch of a tree while giving birth to the Buddha, who is received by god Indra as other gods look on. Gouache painting by an Sri Lankan artist.
  • Two children making a sandcastle by the sea out of which looms a sinister looking man with a camera around his neck, a yellow hat who brandishes green dollar notes; a yellow-eyed hairy beast lurks behind him; with Sinhalese lettering; a warning about child sex tourism and AIDS prevention issued by Peace (Protecting Environment and children Everywhere). Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.
  • Sita in captivity in Lanka being tempted by Ravana. Chromolithograph.
  • Two Sri Lankan tree climbers in the canopy.
  • A figure with the head of an elephant and the legs and feet of a goat dances on a table and is worshipped by Singhalese people around him. Etching and engraving.
  • Two Sri Lankan tree climbers in the canopy.
  • Ceylon: Tamil devil dancer. Photograph, ca. 1906.
  • A tropical plant (Brownea grandiceps) with large flower. Photograph.
  • Three seated pearl divers in Ceylon, wearing nose clips. Halftone.
  • An account of the interior of Ceylon, and of its inhabitants. With travels in that island / By John Davy.
  • A durian (Durio zibethinus): an entire and sectioned fruit. Photograph.
  • A mangosteen plant (Garcinia mangostana): fruiting branch and halved fruit. Photograph.
  • The blossom and fruit of a coffee tree (Coffea arabica) Photograph.
  • The talipot palm (Corypha umbraculifera) growing by a lakeside in Ceylon. Coloured etching after W. Daniell, c.1827.
  • A fruiting cacao tree (Theobroma cacao) Photograph.
  • [Undated card advertising Hagenbeck's Ceylon exhibition at the Royal Agricultural Hall, London].
  • [Undated card advertising Hagenbeck's Ceylon exhibition at the Royal Agricultural Hall, London].
  • Saint Francis Xavier: he intercedes for plague patients in Mannar Island and Japan. Engraving by F. de Louvemont after P. Locatelli after C. Ferri.
  • Banyan tree (Ficus benghalensis) with many spreading aerial roots. Aquatint by T. Medland, c. 1807, after J. Cordiner.
  • The blossom and fruit of a coffee tree (Coffea arabica) Photograph.
  • A fruiting coffee tree (Coffea arabica) Photograph.
  • Two men carrying a captured monkey tied to a pole, possibly Hanuman. Watercolour drawing.
  • Ceylon: a deer with its fawn in a tropical rainforset surrounded by exotic birds and palm trees. Etching by J. Stephenson after W. Daniell.
  • Blue Boar's head mask
  • Grotesque yellow mask
  • Yellow mask with sideburns
  • An ursine sloth lying in a meadow. Coloured etching.
  • Coasts in the Indian Ocean, including Adam's Peak and Bantam, and two sea-mammals found in the ocean. Etching by B. M.