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Splendours of the Subcontinent: A Prince's Tour of India 1875-6: New Walk Museum and Art Gallery [Leicester]
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SRI LANKA

Sword and scabbard

RCIN 11310

This Sri Lankan ceremonial sword with its striking hilt is known as a kastane. The hilt resembles a makara, a mythological creature. The tortoiseshell used for this kastane was probably imported from the Straits of Malacca or the Maldives.

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