Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c22.113

c22.113

*Begging* Palanquin fittings are of iron, brass, or silver. Fig. 128 shows details from the brass fittings of a palanquin at the Vishnu Dēvāle, Hanguranketa; Knox remarks of Royal palanquins (*ran-doli*) that they are “nothing so well made as in other parts of India. The ends of the Bambou it is carried by, are largely tipped with silver, and curiously wrought and engraven: for he hath very good workmen of that profession.” Ceremonial pingoes may also be silver tipped, as in the case of a beautiful example at the Embēkke Dēvāle (Pl. LII., 2).