Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c38.38

c38.38

PLATE XII. WOODWORK. 1, 2, 3. Gameboards (*oliṅda-kolombu*). The game is generally played by two players with *oliṅda* seeds, starting with seven or five seeds in each hole. It is sometimes called *mutukeliya*, or ‘pearl game,’ and may have been played by pearls by princesses once. It is still commonly played by Kandyan women, but like all indigenous games is declining in popularity. No. 1, author’s collection, measures 10¼ × 6 inches; Nos. 2 and 3 from the Kandy Museum. See also Plate XLI., 4. 4, 5, 6, and 7. Bed-legs. Characteristic and typically Kandyan types, showing influence of architectural forms. Nos. 4, 5, from a bed in the Kandy Museum, obtained by the author near Ratnapura; No. 6, copy of bed-leg (4½ inches square) from Kuṇḍasāle Pansala (the same bed is shown on Pl. IX. in fig. 7); No. 7 from Kuṇḍasāle.