DAGGER CEYLONESE SINHALESE PIHA KAETTA KNIFE
With single-edged steel blade with fuller along the back edge, the forte covered with cast and engraved brass panels decorated with dense floral spray, the blade below the forte inlaid with silver vegetal scrolls, the carved wood hilt with brass mounts and pommel-cap, the scabbard mounted on wood and covered with a thin metal sheet now oxidised, with an extra compartment possibly once filled with another knife,

Origin: Sri Lanka,

Period: 18th century

Sizes: 24.00 cm. D
9.45 in. D