[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [Mediaeval Sinhalese Art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908) › c15.78 # Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c15.78 Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c15.78 - **Language:** English ### [c15.78](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.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. - [Previous: c15.77](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c15.77) - [Next: c15.79](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c15.79) - [Up: c15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c15) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c15.78](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c15.78) · Pramāṇa