Showing posts with label Knitting lace on a 'Beeralu'. Show all posts
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Thursday, January 28, 2021

Old Ceylon,

Ellen Wood saved to Ivory and jade carvings

Portrait of the Sinhalese King Sri Vikrama Raja Sinha (r. 1798–1815) Period:Kandyan period (1480–1815) Date:early 19th century Culture:Sri Lanka (Kandy district) Medium:Ivory with engraved and painted designThis portrait of the last Kandyan king displays his regalia of office: the six-pointed crown, a long shirt (kamisiya), a tunic (bo-hettya), and a cape (mante), over which hangs a floral pendant. He wears patterned trousers and is barefooted

 


A decorated 'lime box'  with spoon.


A chew of betel has a half  'Bulath kola', arecanut shavings, a small amount of lime and a few more spices. Chewing betel produces a sense of euphoria. The lime box is carried in one's person.


The spreading r5oots of a tree.

Women knitting lace on a 'beeralu' machine

A gypsy carrying a monkey

A young novice carrying a bowl to get  alms

A Devil dancer

A patient being exorcised