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# Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c5.2

Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c5.2

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### [c5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c5.2)

| FIGURE | PAGE | FIGURE | PAGE |  
| 88. Kitchen knife and rasp | - 140 | 120. Key-plate | - 201 |  
| 89. Carved wooden door jamb - | - 141 | 121. Key-plate | - 201 |  
| 90. Carved \*hamsa\* | - 141 | 122. Brass basket fastenings | - 202 |  
| 91. Stock drill | - 142 | 123. Decoration on brass box - | - 202 |  
| 92. Saws | - 142 | 124. Brass handle - | - 203 |  
| 93. Hand drill | - 142 | 125. Cast brass ornamentation- | - 204 |  
| 94. \*Lamba taṭuva\* | - 152 | 126. Brass hanging lamp | - 204 |  
| 95. Diagrammatical figure of seated Buddha | - 157 | 127. Brass cresset - | - 204 |  
| 95A. \*Śarapenda\* (\*śerapendiya\*) | - 182 | 128. Brass fittings for palanquin | - 206 |  
| 96. Horn comb | - 187 | 129. Gold writing style - | - 208 |  
| 97. Horn-comb-maker's tools - | - 187 | 130. Bird pendant | - 212 |  
| 98. Plan of iron furnaces- | - 191 | 131. Design for jewelled necklace | - 212 |  
| 99. Section of iron furnace | - 191 | 132. Pattern in lac on spear stave | - 216 |  
| 100. Plan of steel furnace | - 192 | 133. \*Velpota\* pattern | - 217 |  
| 101. Ornamentation of iron sickles - | 194 | 134. Section of potter's wheel - | - 220 |  
| 102. Details of damascened ornament | 194 | 135. Tiles | - 223 |  
| 103. Bar-lock | - 195 | 136. Eaves tiles | - 224 |  
| 104. Iron key-plate | - 196 | 137. Incised earthenware ornament - | 226 |  
| 105. Iron key-plate | - 196 | 138. Stamped earthenware ornament | 227 |  
| 106. Key-plate | - 196 | 139. Stamped ornament on pot | - 227 |  
| 107. Iron key-plates | - 197 | 140. Spool for reeling cotton - | - 236 |  
| 108. Window bolt | - 198 | 141. Sinhalese embroidery stitches - | 240 |  
| 109. Box catch | - 198 | 142. "Flower-tree" pattern on mat - | 244 |  
| 110. Iron hinges and hasp | - 198 | 143. Patterns in grass weaving | - 245 |  
| 111. Iron rivets | - 198 | 144. \*Svastika\* pattern on grass bag | - 245 |  
| 112. Iron chest handle | - 199 | 145. Lotus rosette (with \*makara\*) | - 250 |  
| 113. Almirah hinge | - 199 | 146. Lotus medallions | - 251 |  
| 114. Handle-rose | - 199 | 147. Lotus rosette - | - 251 |  
| 115. Details of damascening | - 199 | 148. Lotus ornament | - 251 |  
| 116. Brass hinge | - 199 | 149. Armlet - | - 251 |  
| 117. Brass hinge | - 199 | 150. Archaic motifs | - 252 |  
| 118. Key-plate | - 201 | 151. Illustration from \*jataka\* | - 267 |  
| 119. Key-plate with \*hamsa puṭṭuva\* - | 201 | 152. Illustration from \*jataka\* | - 267 |  
| | | 153. \*Aṭamagala\* diagram (in Index) - | 272 |

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