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Vikrama sinha radja. Sri Lanka Ceylon Gul. De stiliserade öronen med långa skåror. Den genombrutna överdelen av kronan är avtagbar. Maskens höjd: 85 cm. 'Bredd: 47 cm. Ceylon Sri Vikråma Sinha Radja, den siste av de singalesiska härskarna i Kandy 1793-1815, illa beryktad för sitt tyranni och sin grymhet. När hans minister Eheylapola hade inlåtit sig med engelsmännen i förrädiska stämplingar och flytt, tog härskaren en fruktansvärd hämnd på hans (dennes) familj. (Forts.) [ocr] 1916.9.10.A-B. Name and identification of character Kolam mask depicting a Vädda king, Vädi Raja (Sin.). Context The chief of the Vädda group (forest-dwelling hunters) appear in the story named Maname kathava in Kolam. Material Wood, vel-kaduru (Nux vomica). Iconography The head-dress is in the form of a (detachable) crown. The summit is in the shape of a pinnacle, kota (Sin.), but the tier immediately below it displays the attributes of a demon ritual object referred to as punava (Sin.), with a circle of cobra hoods. The forehead band is ornamented and painted in lemon yellow. The ears are narrow and pendulous and are shaded by imposing side flaps ending at the shoulders, combining with the shoulder blades, karnatapatra (Sin.), which enable the dancer to balance the mask on the shoulders. Comments on the Umlauff Catalogue The Umlauff Catalogue identifies the mask as Vikrama Sinha Radja, meaning the monarch Sri Vickrema Raja Sinha, who is recorded in historical works as the last king of Kandy. This is a doubtful identification (vide preface). I would name him as the king of the Väddas, appearing in the Maname kathava in the story portion of Kolam (vide preface). 2000 05 02 Dr. M. H. Goonatilleka Vikrama sinha radja. Sri Lanka Ceylon Yellow They stylized their ears with long notches. The broken upper part of the crown is detachable. The height of the mask: 85 cm. "Width: 47 cm. Ceylon Sri Vikråma Sinha Radja, the Siste of the Sinhalese rulers of Kandy 1793-1815, ill-infamous for his tyranny and cruelty. When his minister Eheylapola had enlisted the English in treacherous stamps and fled, the ruler took a terrible revenge on his (his) family. (Forts.) [ocr] 1916.9.10.A-B. Name and and Kolam mask Kola a Väda king, Vädi Raja (Sin.). Context The chief of the Vädda group Material Wood, vel-kaduru Iconography The head-dress is in the form of a The ice in the taste of a pinnacle, kota (Sin. The forehead band is ornamented and The in lemon yellow. The ears are The and pendulous and are shaded by The side flaps ending at the The ders, The ing with the blades, karnatapatra (Sin.), The the dancer to balance the mask on the The ders. Comments on the Umlauff Catalogue The Umlauff Catalogue identifies the mask as Vikrama Sinha Radja, The the monarch Sri Vickrema Raja Sinha, The is The in works as the last king of Kandy. This is a This ful (vide preface). In the story serving of Kolam. 2000 05 02 Dr. M. H. Goonatilleka 1916.09.0010 Vikrama sinha radja. 1916.09.0010 Sri Lanka Ceylon