Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c22.53

c22.53

Bolts, as we have seen, are in most cases of wood. Iron bolts are less often seen. Fig. 108 represents such a bolt from a window in the pohoya-gē at Malvatte Pansala. The bolt is in the form Fig. 107. Iron key-plates. × ½. II. Horagone Dēvāle; III., VI. Malvatte Pansala; IV., V. Asgiriya (?); VIII. Gaḍalādeṇiya. I. (Mahāvalaṭenna) and (?) VI. are brass.