Sri Lankan Piha-Kaetta Knife/Dagger
According to Wright's 20th Century Impressions of Ceylon (1907) and Parker's Ancient Ceylon (1909), Piha Kaetta daggers were produced in Sri Lanka (Ceylon) starting around the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Low quality piha kaetta would typically be used for everyday tasks like farming, self defense, and navigating the wilderness. Meanwhile high quality piha kaetta were made as status symbols and self defense weapons for nobility. The finest piha kaetta were only made for nobles by the "four workshops", a caste guild of "honorable craftsmen" specializing in jewelry, painting, carving, building, and other trades.
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