Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c21.22

c21.22

The carved horn handles of weapons, and the turned horn pill-boxes of the *vedarāla* have been mentioned. An elaborate horn comb such as that illustrated on Pl. XL., 12, is perhaps the work of a superior craftsman; but the common horn combs in general use, sold everywhere for ten cents, are made in some districts by *roḍiyo*, and elsewhere by smiths, *beravayo* or *duraya* caste men. A more than usually elaborate example is illustrated in Fig. 96.* I shall now describe in detail the manufacture of these combs by *roḍiyo*, as seen at Ella, Uva.