mask

Mask, dantoberre kolan. Sri Lanka Ceylon (Danta = tand). Ansikte brunt med tunn spetsig näsa, insjunkna kinder och tandluckor. Höjd: 23 cm. Bredd: 20 cm. [ocr] 1916.9.77 Name and identification of character The drummer, Anabera kolama (Sin.), also known as Panikkale (Sin.). Context The episode of the drummer, his wife and children. Material Wood, vel-kaduru (Sin.) (Nux vomica). Iconography The turban is painted on the head. Perhaps a piece of cloth was tied around the head during the dance. The face is grey in colour. Wrinkles are cut and painted in red lines on the forehead, along the cheeks and around the chin. The mouth is open with protruding and exaggerated teeth in white, conveying an air of doltishness. The nose is small and beak shaped, suggesting his crafty nature. The ears are crudely carved. 2000 05 15 Dr. M. H. Goonatilleka 1916.09.0077 Mask, dantoberre kolan. 1916.9.77 Name and identification of character The drummer, Anabera kolama (Sin.), also known as Panikkale (Sin.). Context The episode of the drummer, his wife and children. Material Wood, vel-kaduru (Sin.) (Nux vomica). Iconography The turban is painted on the head. Perhaps a piece of cloth was tied around the head during the dance. The face is grey in colour. Wrinkles are cut and painted in red lines on the forehead, along the cheeks and around the chin. The mouth is open with protruding and exaggerated teeth in white, conveying an air of doltishness. The nose is small and beak shaped, suggesting his crafty nature. The ears are crudely carved. 2000 05 15 Dr. M. H. Goonatilleka 1916.09.0077 Sri Lanka Ceylon