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The Museum of Sri Lanka

Where are Sri Lanka’s artefacts? The answer is - everywhere.  In Sri Lanka – and scattered by colonialism around the world, from The British Museum to The Smithsonian.  Many pieces tell of ordinary life. Some, like the Statue Of Tara, are iconic migrants whose missing presence creates a cheerless break in the island’s story.  The Ceylon Press’s Museum of Sri Lanka aims to repatriate its missing treasures, into a single digital resource,

CE 18 - Statue of Lord Buddha

CE 18

CE 18 - Statue of Lord Buddha

An ivory statue of Lord Buddha from the 18th CE.

CE 19 - Drawings by George Russell Dartnell

CE 19

CE 19 - Drawings by George Russell Dartnell

An Album of drawings by George Russell Dartnell, from an album titled: "Worthless Scraps from Many Lands,.

CE 19 - Vessel

CE 19

CE 19 - Vessel

An unglazed earthenware Offering Bowl from Anuradhapura dating to the 19th-early 20th century.

CE 19 – Amulet

CE 19

CE 19 – Amulet

Sri Lankan Amulets made of different materials

CE 19  - Adze

CE 19

CE 19 - Adze

A Sri Lankan Adze from the 19th CE

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