mask

(Danta = tand). Ansikte mörkgrönt med utstående kindben och grova, omålade öron. Krökt näsa. Peruk av blånor. Höjd: 24 cm. Bredd: 20 cm. [ocr] Mask, dantoberre kolan. Sri Lanka Ceylon Mask, dantoberre kolan. 1916.9.74 Name and identification of character Not identifiable. Context Possibly a Sanni mask Material Wood, vel-kaduru (Sin.) (Nux vomica). Iconography A face mask without a head-dress. The shape of the head does not facilitate the tying of a turban. An artificial beard made of coconut husk or hemp is attached (although, the beard appears to have been attached to the wrong mask). It is attached to the holes in the ears. Parts of the face are painted in thick blue. Two teeth are shown with lips painted in red. The ears are separately sculpted and newly attached. Comments of the Umlauff Catalogue Although identified in the Umlauff Catalogue as the mask of a drummer, the iconographical details, including the colour scheme, do not convey the impression of a drummer. 2000 05 11 Dr. M. H. Goonatilleka 1916.09.0074 Sri Lanka Ceylon 1916.9.74 Name and identification of character Not identifiable. Context Possibly a Sanni mask Material Wood, vel-kaduru (Sin.) (Nux vomica). Iconography A face mask without a head-dress. The shape of the head does not facilitate the tying of a turban. An artificial beard made of coconut husk or hemp is attached (although, the beard appears to have been attached to the wrong mask). It is attached to the holes in the ears. Parts of the face are painted in thick blue. Two teeth are shown with lips painted in red. The ears are separately sculpted and newly attached. Comments of the Umlauff Catalogue Although identified in the Umlauff Catalogue as the mask of a drummer, the iconographical details, including the colour scheme, do not convey the impression of a drummer. 2000 05 11 Dr. M. H. Goonatilleka 1916.09.0074