Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c38.9

c38.9

PLATE VI. CRAFTSMEN AT WORK.
1. Cloth-weaver at work, separating warp threads with sema ḷella to produce a pattern. See p. 234.
2. Cloth-weaver at work, about to throw the shuttle. The left hand rests on the sleay or reed-frame, ready to press back the weft thread after the shuttle is thrown. See p. 234.
3. Spinning cotton. Figs. 1-3 portray the chief weaver of Talagune, a beravāya woman named Ṭikirati,—a stirring woman and great character. See p. 232.
4. Ivory-turner at work. See p. 187.
5. Wood-turner at work, using the modern form of lathe. Near Niriella, Sabaragamuva. See p. 141.
6. Silversmith working in house verandah. The anvil embedded in a heavy log is immediately in front of the smith, who is about to use the blow-pipe to solder a piece of work just laid on the gini-kabala (here, as usual, a common koraha), or fire-pot.