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Splendours of the Subcontinent: A Prince's Tour of India 1875-6: The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace
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    SRI LANKA

    Sword and scabbard

    1800-75

    RCIN 11310

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