The journey from Point de Galle to Colombo is famous for the beauty of several Banyan trees situated in Kollupitiya, Colombo.
Category: Asia
Costume and fashion history of Asia. Manners and Customs. Collected from rare sources.
Embroidery from the Caucasus, Greece, Indian Melicete tribe.
FROM among the few but remarkable specimens of art-work man ship contributed to the Exhibition by the Caucasian Agricultural Society of Tiflis, we have selected a saddle-cloth from Kabardah, a district to the east of Mount Elbruz, the highest summit of the great Caucasian mountain-range. Circassian embroidered Saddle-Cloth. Embroidered dress, Greece. Hand-work of the North-American Indian Melicete tribe. International exhibition, 1862.
Sclaveni male costume in 1760, 18th century.
Sclaveni male costume in 1760, 18th century.
Warriors from Papua New Guinea. 19th century.
Warriors from Papua New Guinea.
A Georgian girl in traditional dress and a Bedouin in Burnus with gun.
A Georgian girl in traditional dress. A Bedouin in Burnus with gun.
A Japanese sailing ship off the coast of Shimoda.
Two journeys to Japan. 1856-7, by Kinahan Cornwallis.
A Buddhist Temple at Nagasaki. Journeys to Japan 1856.
A Buddhist Temple at Nagasaki, Japan 1857. Source: Two journeys to Japan. 1856-7, by Kinahan Cornwallis. Illustrated by the author. Published by Thomas Cautley Newby. London 1859.
Theatricals costumes at Nagasaki Japan. Japan Folk Theater.
Theatricals costumes at Nagasaki Japan. From the book: Two journeys to Japan. 1856-7, by Kinahan Cornwallis. Illustrated by the author. Published by Thomas Cautley Newby. London 1859.
A street scene off Shimoda. Journeys to Japan.
Two journeys to Japan. 1856-7, by Kinahan Cornwallis
A Japanese funeral procession at Nagasaki Japan.
Two journeys to Japan. 1856-7, by Kinahan Cornwallis.