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Ansikte rött. Näsa bred och platt. Huvudklädseln mönstrad i vitt, rött och svart; ändarna av den hänga ned långt över ansiktet. Höjd: 21 cm. Bredd: 19 cm. [ocr] Mask, demale kolan (tamil). Sri Lanka Ceylon 1916.9.82 Name and identification of character The drummer's young brother, Podi Panikkale (Sin.). Context He appears in the humorous skit involving the drummer's family (vide Preface). The head drummer is called Maha Panikkale (Maha means big or head). Unlike Cukkiniya (cf. 1916.9.81), Podi Panikkale accompanies the elder brother in the drumming. Material Wood, vel-kaduru (Sin.) (Nux vomica). Iconography The turban is indicative of the uramava (Sin.) (the kind of turban that the drummers wear; a firmly tied piece of white cloth with the ends dangling) of a very low height, with the two ends hanging down. The turban is painted with two rows of geometrical designs. The face is painted in pink. The nose is somewhat flat and broad. The eyes are sharp. The mouth is small with one row of small teeth painted in white and demarcated by thin black lines. The ears are small. 2000 05 15 Dr. M. H. Goonatilleka Mask, demale kolan (tamil). 1916.09.0082 Sri Lanka Ceylon 1916.9.82 Name and identification of character The drummer's young brother, Podi Panikkale (Sin.). Context He appears in the humorous skit involving the drummer's family (vide Preface). The head drummer is called Maha Panikkale (Maha means big or head). Unlike Cukkiniya (cf. 1916.9.81), Podi Panikkale accompanies the elder brother in the drumming. Material Wood, vel-kaduru (Sin.) (Nux vomica). Iconography The turban is indicative of the uramava (Sin.) (the kind of turban that the drummers wear; a firmly tied piece of white cloth with the ends dangling) of a very low height, with the two ends hanging down. The turban is painted with two rows of geometrical designs. The face is painted in pink. The nose is somewhat flat and broad. The eyes are sharp. The mouth is small with one row of small teeth painted in white and demarcated by thin black lines. The ears are small. 2000 05 15 Dr. M. H. Goonatilleka 1916.09.0082