mask

Mask, dantoberre kolan. Sri Lanka Ceylon Grovt arbetad mask, målad endast med jordfärg. ögon nedåtriktade. De små öronen sitta högt uppe i pannhöjd. Hakan spetsig. De djupa fårorna omkring munnen röda. Höjd: 28 cm. Bredd: 19 cm. Ceylon [ocr] 1916.9.80 Name and identification of character A Sanni mask, possibly depicting blindness, kana sanniya (Sin.). Context The demon ceremony known as Sanni yakuma (Sin.) or Daha-Ata-Sanniya (Sin.)(see Preface) Material Wood, vel-kaduru (Sin.) (Nux vomica). Iconography The mask is unfinished. Paint is sporadically applied. The eyes are not painted and give the impression of blindness. Furrows are cut on the cheeks, and crudely painted in red and yellow. The open mouth displays three big teeth and red lips. Crudely cut small ears. The hair on the head is painted black. The chin is parted in the middle. 2000 05 15 Dr. M. H. Goonatilleka 1916.09.0080 1916.9.80 Name and identification of character A Sanni mask, possibly depicting blindness, kana sanniya (Sin.). Context The demon ceremony known as Sanni yakuma (Sin.) or Daha-Ata-Sanniya (Sin.)(see Preface) Material Wood, vel-kaduru (Sin.) (Nux vomica). Iconography The mask is unfinished. Paint is sporadically applied. The eyes are not painted and give the impression of blindness. Furrows are cut on the cheeks, and crudely painted in red and yellow. The open mouth displays three big teeth and red lips. Crudely cut small ears. The hair on the head is painted black. The chin is parted in the middle. 2000 05 15 Dr. M. H. Goonatilleka Mask, dantoberre kolan. 1916.09.0080 Sri Lanka Ceylon