Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c15.69

c15.69

Turned circular wooden boxes, rarely more than a foot in diameter, are in general use, either for betel leaves and the accessories of chewing, or for jewellery or valuables; they were especially used in dēvāles to hold valuable insignia, as the halamba of Pattini; and were thence called ābharaṇa-peṭṭi (regalia-boxes: Pl. XIII., 3). Like much other turned work, these boxes are usually adorned with lac applied on the lathe.