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MATERIAL: Palm Leaves
TYPE: Manuscript
DIMENSIONS: 370 mm long, 40 mm wide at ‘hilt’ and ‘pommel’
COMPONENTS: Seven leaves inscribed on both sides with 5 lines of Sinhala script. String-hole through ‘hilt’ c.140 mm from the end. Each leaf shaped in outline of a dagger. Covers carved to produce a three-dimensional dagger form with pommel, handle, hilt, and straight tapering blade within a red-painted and decorated ‘sheath’
ITEM ID: 3473
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Dagger-Shaped Palm Leaf Manuscript

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Palm Leaf Manuscript in the Shape of a Dagger, with Shaped and Painted Wooden Covers Seven leaves each inscribed on both sides with 5 lines of elegant Sinhala script. With a string-hole through the ‘hilt’ c.140 mm from the end. Each leaf shaped in the outline of a dagger. The covers carved to produce a three-dimensional dagger form with pommel, handle, hilt, and straight tapering blade within a red-painted and decorated ‘sheath’.