mask

(Ormdrottning). Ansikte violett och köttfärgat. Diadem gult, ornamenterat i rött. Ormhuvud grått, streckat med svarta och röda ränder. Höjd: 50 cm. Bredd: 23 cm. [ocr] Mask, naga canyabe. Sri Lanka Ceylon Mask, naga canyabe. 1916.9.266 Name and identification of character A cobra maiden, naga kanyava (Sin.). Context A character in a solo dance in Kolam. Material Wood, vel-kaduru (Sin.) (Nux vomica). Iconography The head-dress is composed of one cobra-hood. Unusual colours, such as violet, have been used to decorate the hood. The diadem, usnisaya (Sin.), is ornamented and painted in yellow and red. The face is that of a pretty female. The ears are bedecked with circular earrings. 2000 07 20 Dr. M. H. Goonatilleka 1916.09.0266 Sri Lanka Ceylon 1916.9.266 Name and identification of character A cobra maiden, naga kanyava (Sin.). Context A character in a solo dance in Kolam. Material Wood, vel-kaduru (Sin.) (Nux vomica). Iconography The head-dress is composed of one cobra-hood. Unusual colours, such as violet, have been used to decorate the hood. The diadem, usnisaya (Sin.), is ornamented and painted in yellow and red. The face is that of a pretty female. The ears are bedecked with circular earrings. 2000 07 20 Dr. M. H. Goonatilleka 1916.09.0266