Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c15.78

c15.78

A curious implement is the ‘string-rice’ press (*idi appan vangediya*), a wooden cylinder with plug working in it, the end stopped with a perforated diaphragm, through which the cooked rice is squeezed, much as mashed potatoes sometimes are in England; a beautiful example now in the Kandy Museum, is shown in Pl. XI., 1.