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Mask, verdi kolan (vilde). Sri Lanka Ceylon Mörkgrönt ansikte med bred, platt näsa. Öronprydnader och pannband gula. Den höga frygiska mössan randig i gult och rött. Höjd: 49 cm. Bredd: 22 cm. [ocr] 1916.9.164 Name and identification of character The king of the Väddas, Vädi raja (Sin.). The mask can also be used to portray the chief overseer of the Vädda king, Vädi kankanama (Sin.). Context Kolam. Material Wood, vel-kaduru (Sin.) (Nux vomica). Iconography The headgear is in the shape of a dome. The headgear of a king is normally tall and has tiers; this one is not so tall and lacks tiers. It represents the headgear of king of a low rank. The headgear has several wooden spires rising up from the forehead band connecting at the top. The spires are painted in red and yellow and decorated with angular lines in black. The dome-shaped border is decorated with geometric patterns drawn in black. The face is painted in blue. The ears are pierced with inserted pendulous earrings, toduva (Sin.), in yellow. Dr. M. H. Goonatilleka Mask, verdi kolan (wild). Sri Lanka Ceylon 1916.9.164 Name and Name The king of the Weather, Vädi raja (Sin.). The mask can also be used to The y the overseer of the Aries king, Vädi kankanama Context Colam Material Wood, vel-kaduru (Sin.) Iconography The headgear is in the case of a dome. The headgear of a king is pine and has tiers; this one is not so pine and lacks tiers. It retold the headgear of king of a low rank. The headgear has The spires The up from the forehead band The at the top. The spire are in black. The dome-The The is The with geometric The in black. The face is in blue. The ears are pierced with pendulous earrings, toduva (Sin.), in yellow. Dr. M. H. Goonatilleka 1916.09.0164 Mask, verdi kolan (vilde). 1916.09.0164 Sri Lanka Ceylon