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Mask, verdi kolan (vilde). Sri Lanka Ceylon 1916.9.155 Name and identification of character A soldier, hevaya (Sin.), or a Vädda (a forest-dwelling hunter). Context The mask is used to represent two characters with identical features. The soldier (there are four of them) appears in an episodic interplay called ¿the dance of the soldiers¿, Heva Kolama (Sin.). The hunter appears in the story portion in Kolam. Material Wood, vel-kaduru (Sin.) (Nux vomica). Iconography A broad face painted in dark blue. The paint has seeped into the interior of the mask, disclosing clearly the colour that has been applied. The facial texture is rough. The right-hand cheek is swollen and there is a tiny wart on the left cheek. Small ears. An open, grimacing mouth showing two rows of teeth. The right ear is damaged. A tool dent is visible on the left part of the forehead. 2000 03 23 Dr. M. H. Goonatilleka Mörktblått ansikte. Mun och näsa sneda. På vänstra kinden en stor vårta. Höjd: 24 cm. Bredd: 21 cm. Ceylon [ocr] Mask, verdi kolan (wild). Sri Lanka Ceylon 1916.9.155 Name and and A A, hevaya (Sin.), or a Vädda Context The mask is used to pursue two experiences with identical The. The - there are four of them - in an episodic interplay The hunter in the story serving in Kolam. Material Wood, vel-kaduru (Sin.) Iconography A broad face in dark blue. The love has been seeped into the mask of the mask, the disThe the that has The The. The facial texture is. The right-hand cheek is swollen and there is a The wart on the The cheek. Small ears. An open, grimacing mouth showing two rows of An. The right ear is damaged. A tool dent is visible on the party of the forehead. 2000 03 23 Dr. M. H. Goonatilleka Dark blue face. Mouse and nose oblique. On the left cheek a big wart. Height: 24 cm. Width: 21 cm. Ceylon [ocr] 1916.09.0155 Mask, verdi kolan (vilde). 1916.09.0155 Sri Lanka Ceylon