Howdahs Collection

Royal elephants, ornate howdahs, mahouts, India
Royal elephants with ornate howdahs and mahouts, India, c.1880 s

Buddhism - Temple Elephants carrying the sacred tooth, Kandy
Buddhism - Temple Elephants carrying the sacred tooth relic at the Perahera Procession, Kandy, Sri Lanka - during the Kandy Esala Perahera (The Festival of the Tooth). Date: circa 1920s

Procession of dignitaries riding on elephants - Singapore - possibly to celebrate the Sultans birthday? Date: circa 1920s

Festival with Elephants - Myanmar
Festival with Elephants, each bearing children in howdahs - Myanmar. Date: circa 1910s

India - Big Game Hunting
A coloured lantern slide of a Big Game Hunting party in India. The European hunters are firing from elevated positions in Howdahs mounted on Elephants

Indian Durbar - Delhi - Governor General Lord Hardinge
Indian Durbar - Delhi during the rule of Lord Hardinge of Penshurst (1858-1944), Governor General and Viceroy of India (1910-1916). Date: 1912

Anghor Thom / Cambodia
A procession of elephants, some carrying Howdahs, from the terrace of Dam-reys at Angkor-Thom

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