Dr. Anna Winterbottom has written an essay to accompany photos of Dr. Danister Perera’s visit to the Redpath Museum in October of 2023 taken by Alex Tran. You can read the essay and see the photos here.
Dr. Perera viewed the Redpath Museum’s collection of Sri Lankan artifacts, most of are related to traditional Sri Lankan medicine, and which were acquired in by Dr. Casey Wood in the 1920s and 30s. Dr. Perera advised on the organization, conservation, and digitization of the artifacts. He demonstrated how one would use a stylus to write on ola leaves, and discussed what these olas were historically used for. Aside from the olas, Dr. Perera viewed other items in the collection, which includes ivory and rock crystal spectacles, a dagger, small knives, lime cutters, and containers.
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