mask

Sri Lanka Ceylon 1916.9.99 Name and identification of character Possibly an unfinished Kolam mask depicting a Moorish man, Marakkala Miniha (Sin.) or Tambi (Tambiyaar in the Tamil language). Context This character appears in two contexts: as a foreign merchant in the story known as Gon-koti Kathava (vide Preface), and in a witty and humorous episode called Tambi Kolama. Material Wood, Vel-kaduru (Nux vomica). Iconography An unfinished mask without painting. Traces suggesting a Moorish man are visible, as in 1916.9.97-98. 2000 06 13 Dr. M. H. Goonatilleka 1916.09.0099 1916.9.99 Name and identification of character Possibly an unfinished Kolam mask depicting a Moorish man, Marakkala Miniha (Sin.) or Tambi (Tambiyaar in the Tamil language). Context This character appears in two contexts: as a foreign merchant in the story known as Gon-koti Kathava (vide Preface), and in a witty and humorous episode called Tambi Kolama. Material Wood, Vel-kaduru (Nux vomica). Iconography An unfinished mask without painting. Traces suggesting a Moorish man are visible, as in 1916.9.97-98. 2000 06 13 Dr. M. H. Goonatilleka 1916.09.0099 Sri Lanka Ceylon