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A freestanding, European-style bell tower in Sri Lanka (Photograph print)
A Sri Lankan man looking out to sea at Galle Face (Photographic print)
The Royal Fleet Auxiliary oiler Wave Sovereign (1945) anchored at Colombo. (Sheet film negative)
Part of the facade of the Mackinnon, Mackenzie & Co. of Ceylon Ltd building at 4 Leyden Bastian Road, Colombo, Ceylon. (Colour transparency)
The stupa of a Buddhist temple in Colombo (Photographic print)
P34298; A close view of the foremast and yard of an Indian kotia type dhow at Colombo, Ceylon. The photographer is looking up from the forecastle deck of the vessel showing the stoed sail. A crewman is up on the mainyard in the lower right of the picture. The photographer was taking passage on the Royal Navy heavy cruiser Cumberland (1926) from Singapore to the U.K. at the time.
A close view of the foremast and yard of an Indian kotia type dhow at Colombo, Ceylon (Rolled film negative)
P34310; On board the Indian kotia type dhow Karimi (fl.1938) anchored at Colombo, Ceylon. The photographer is standing on the starboard side of the forecastle abreast the foremast looking forward showing coils of rope and wooden spars on the deck. An oil lamp is suspended from the lowered fore yard. Another kotia is in the right background.
On board the kotia type dhow Karimi (fl.1938) anchored at Colombo, Ceylon (Rolled film negative)
P34303; A close view of the port side amidships of the Indian kotia type dhow Karimi (fl.1938) anchored at Colombo, Ceylon. The photographer is abreast the waist looking to starboard showing members of the crew by the ship's side with a small boat alongside. A tarpaulin and rope fenders are draped over the side while working cargo. Her bow and stern and the tops of her masts are out of the picture. Other kotia type craft are in the background.
A close port midship view of the kotia type dhow Karimi (fl.1938) anchored at Colombo, Ceylon (Rolled film negative)
P34309; On board an Indian kotia type dhow anchored at Colombo, Ceylon. The photographer is looking aft and to starboard from the port side of the waist showing the foremast halyard sheave block in front of the poop accommodation opening on the left and the stairs up to the poop deck on the right. A crewman is using a sewing machine in the crew accommodation under the poop deck.
On board an Indian kotia type dhow anchored at Colombo, Ceylon (Rolled film negative)
P34289; A close starboard side view, taken from just abaft the beam, of an Indian kotia type dhow berthed in Colombo harbour, Ceylon. Her mainsail is partially hoisted and she has an awning rigged over her poop. Her bow, stern and the tops of her masts are out of the picture. The photographer was taking passage on the Royal Navy heavy cruiser Cumberland (1926) from Singapore to the U.K. at the time. The image is slightly unsharp.
A starboard side view of an Indian kotia type dhow in Colombo harbour, Ceylon (Rolled film negative)
P34316; An head and shoulders portrait of the captain of the Indian kotia type dhow Karimi (fl.1938) anchored at Colombo, Ceylon. Other members of his crew are standing behind him. The photographer was taking passage on the Royal Navy heavy cruiser Cumberland (1926) from Singapore to the U.K. at the time.
An hed and shoulders portrait of the captain of the Indian kotia type dhow Karimi (fl.1938) anchorted at Colombo, Ceylon (Rolled film negative)
P34308; On board an Indian kotia type dhow anchored at Colombo, Ceylon. The photographer is looking aft and to port from the starboard side of the waist in the ship's boat showing the foremast halyard sheave block in front of the poop accommodation opening. A crewman is standing in front of the mainmast stepped on the poop deck and behind are a capstan, the mainmast halyard sheave block and the ship's wheel.
On board an Indian kotia type dhow anchored at Colombo, Ceylon (Rolled film negative)
P34314; On board the Indian kotia type dhow Karimi (fl.1938) anchored at Colombo, Ceylon. The photographer is standing just to starboard of the centreline in the waist looking forward and to port showing the cargo hatches and the base of the foremast. An awning is rigged over the waist abaft the foremast. A crew member is on the left preparing a meal and other crew are apparently working cargo over the port waist bulwark.
On board the Indian kotia type dhow Karimi (fl.1938) anchored at Colombo, Ceylon (Rolled film negative)
P34285; A port broadside view of the Indian kotia type dhow Karimi (fl.1938) anchored at Colombo, Ceylon. She has awnings rigged amidships and aft and a small boat is alongside amidships. Other kotias and the Royal Navy heavy cruiser Cumberland (1926) are in the background. The photographer was taking passage in the Cumberland (1926) from Singapore to the U.K. at the time.
A port broadside view of the kotia type dhow Karimi (fl.1938) anchored at Colombo, Ceylon (Rolled film negative)
P34306; On board an Indian kotia type dhow anchored at Colombo, Ceylon. The photographer is looking aft and to port from the starboard side of the waist abreast the foremast showing the ship's boat on deck in the starboard waist. In the centre behind a crewman is the foremast halyard sheave block in front of the poop accommodation opening. The mainmast is stepped on the poop deck and behind it are a capstan and the ship's wheel.
On board an Indian kotia type dhow anchored at Colombo, Ceylon (Rolled film negative)
P34300; A close detail of the stemhead of an Indian kotia type dhow at Colombo, Ceylon. viewed from the starboard side. The iron anchor is lashed to the stem and the stemhead is ornately carved. The photographer was taking passage on the Royal Navy heavy cruiser Cumberland (1926) from Singapore to the U.K. at the time.
The stemhead of an Indian kotia type dhow at Colombo, Ceylon (Rolled film negative)
P34290; A port side view of the fore part of an Indian kotia type dhow anchored at Colombo, Ceylon. the photographer is abreast her bow looking to starboard showing her foresail being set. Small boats are alongside her waist apparently working cargo. The tops of her yards and her poop are out of the picture. In the background is the Royal Navy heavy cruiser Cumberland (1926).
An Indian kotia type dhow anchored at Colombo, Ceylon (Rolled film negative)
P34304; A close view of the port side of the stern of the Indian kotia type dhow Karimi (fl.1938) anchored at Colombo, Ceylon. The photographer is abreast the stern looking to starboard showing the poop and the lower mainmast. An awning is rigged aft and another is over the aft end of the waist. The heavy cruiser Cumberland (1926) is in the background and the photographer was taking passage in her from Singapore to the U.K. at the time.
A close with of the port side of the stern of the kotia type dhow Karimi (fl.19380 anchored at Colombo, Ceylon (Rolled film negative)
P34292; A port broadside view of the fore part of an Indian kotia type dhow anchored at Colombo, Ceylon. The photographer is abreast her foremast looking to starboard showing her foresail set. Small boats are alongside her waist apparently working cargo. The tops of her mainyard and her poop are out of the picture. In the background is the Royal Navy heavy cruiser Cumberland (1926).
An Indian kotia type dhow anchored at Colombo, Ceylon (Rolled film negative)
P34302; A close view of the port bow of the Indian kotia type dhow Karimi (fl.1938) anchored at Colombo, Ceylon. The photographer is abreast the bow looking to starboard at the bow. Everything aft of her foremast is out of the picture. Other kotia type craft are in the background. The photographer was taking passage in the heavy cruiser Cumberland (1926) from Singapore to the U.K. at the time.
A close view of the port bow of the kotia type dhow Karimi (fl.1938) anchored at Colombo, Ceylon (Rolled film negative)
P91245; Mount Lavinia Beach, Colombo, Ceylon. The photographer is looking along the palm tree fringed beach which has outcrops of rock on it. Two local boats are drawn up on the shore; they have dugout hulls with sewn bulwark planking and an outrigger.
Mount Lavinia Beach, Colombo, Ceylon (Sheet film negative)
P91229; A general view of shipping in the harbour at Colombo, Ceylon. At moorings in the foreground are a large number of rowing boats and passenger carrying motor launches. Five Maldives bugallas are at moorings with a country brigantine and a sailing lighter numbered 71. In the background are four cargo liners and the Cunard passenger cruise ship Franconia (1923).
Shipping in Colombo harbour, Ceylon. (Sheet film negative)
P91230; A starboard broadside view of a Sinhalese oruwa outrigger canoe being brought ashore near Colombo, Ceylon. Three men are lifting it in stages up the beach. The boat has a dugout hull with sewn bulwarks and a single outrigger on the starboard side. The starboard side of the single sail is fastened to a bamboo pole mast and the bow and the port side is fastened top and bottom to a form of sprit, commonly known as as an Oceanic spritsail rig.
A Sinhalese oruwa outrigger canoe being hauled ashore near Colombo, Ceylon. (Sheet film negative)
A local outrigger canoe being launched from the beach near to the Mount Lavinia Hotel at Mount Lavinia, south of Colombo, Ceylon. (Roll film negative)