Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c38.90

c38.90

PLATE XLIV. OBJECTS OF BRASS, COPPER AND BRONZE.
1. *Sērak-kale*, brass table for taking rice. Patterns: ‘continuous branch’ (elementary form), cable, double spiral. Height 6½, diameter of top 7 inches. Colombo Museum collection.
2. *Aṅkusa*, elephant-goad used by attendant on foot. Brass, with double iron point (half missing, but in any case not visible in side view) proceeding from *śerapēndiya* head. Lacquered wooden handle, 5 or 6 feet long, top only shown in figure. Length from socket-rim to apex 12¾ inches. Property of Mr. T. B. Paraṇatella.