Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c26.20

c26.20

The thread so spun is unwound on to a conical reel (*hulu dẹva*) of split bamboo, thence on to another large reel (*mādava*) made of bamboo and string (Fig. 140) and thence on to a bobbin (*harassala*), ready to be laid in the shuttles. The winding on to bobbins is accomplished with the aid of a winding machine (harassal ambarana yantraya), consisting of a wheel, with a string connecting it to a small rod carrying the bobbin; when the wheel is turned, the bobbin revolves rapidly, and the reel is discharged on to it.