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Link to larger image of RCS CMS XXXIII/45
Classmark: RCS CMS XXXIII/45
Originator: Unknown
Title: Ruth's wedding, June 1906
Description: A posed view showing a group of guests at the wedding on the verandah of a building.
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Link to larger image of RCS PC Ceylon/8
Classmark: RCS PC Ceylon/8
Originator: Traveller's Mart
Title: Hindu Temple festival, Colombo
Description: The printed caption on the reverse reads: 'M.B. Uduman's ...
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Link to larger image of RCS QM 7/17
Classmark: RCS QM 7/17
Originator: Unknown
Title: Bathing Ghats
Description: Showing a large crowd of people at a bathing ghat, with the Ganges River in the foreground.
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Link to larger image of RCS Y3022R/184
Classmark: RCS Y3022R/184
Originator: Unknown
Title: 115. Annual prayer in Juma [i.e. Jumma] Musjid
Description: Showing a large crowd of people gathered before the mosque...
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Link to larger image of RCS Y3022U/48
Classmark: RCS Y3022U/48
Originator: W L H Skeen and Co
Title: Within the gates of the temple: the god Siva, Brahmins, and c.
Description: Showing Brahmins and a fakir posed beside two carved images, one of the god Siva (in jewelled armour and carrying a bow and arrow) and one of a peacock.
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Link to larger image of RCS Y3039A/63
Classmark: RCS Y3039A/63
Originator: Unknown
Title: Japanese funeral
Description: Showing a funeral procession in a Japanese street. Location unidentified. Photograph taken circa 1880s.
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Link to larger image of RCS Y303P/16
Classmark: RCS Y303P/16
Originator: Unknown
Title: Buddhist Priest
Description: A posed view showing a Buddhist priest in robes seated on a chair. He is holding a number of objects but their purpose is unclear.
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Link to larger image of RCS Y303P/36
Classmark: RCS Y303P/36
Originator: Unknown
Title: Buddhist temple in Inausawa Estate
Description: A view showing a forest scene with a temple hewn from rock. It appears that an 'entrance' area with two doorways has been constructed from man-made materials as an extension to the rock...
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Link to larger image of RCS Y303P/53
Classmark: RCS Y303P/53
Originator: Unknown
Title: Singalese Devil Dancers
Description: A posed view showing a group of four men dressed in ornate costumes and appearing to be in the middle of a dance. A fifth man, in simple clothing, is seated to the right and is playing a drum.
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Link to larger image of RCS Y303P/59
Classmark: RCS Y303P/59
Originator: Unknown
Title: Burmese Priests
Description: A posed view showing a group of twenty-six males of different ages, grouped around a table. On the table are a number of ornate statuettes, of different sizes, of a religious nature...
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