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mask

27 Aug 2014

Ansikte gult med kindskägg, som lämnar hakan fri och stor, kraftig näsa. Höjd: 25 cm. Bredd: 22 cm. [ocr] Sri Lanka Ceylon 1916.9.117 Name and identification of character A high official, the village chieftain, mudaliyar (Tam.) or mudali (Sin.). Context Stage one in a Kolam performance Material Wood, vel-kaduru (Sin.) (Nux vomica). Iconography A new coating of light yellow has been applied on the original paint. Side-burns are prominently carved. Among the other characteristic qualities associated with a mudaliyar are the strong nose, the delicately drawn semi-circular eyebrows, and the small mouth with red lips. 2000 07 10 Dr. M. H. Goonatilleka 1916.09.0117 Sri Lanka Ceylon 1916.9.117 Name and identification of character A high official, the village chieftain, mudaliyar (Tam.) or mudali (Sin.). Context Stage one in a Kolam performance Material Wood, vel-kaduru (Sin.) (Nux vomica). Iconography A new coating of light yellow has been applied on the original paint. Side-burns are prominently carved. Among the other characteristic qualities associated with a mudaliyar are the strong nose, the delicately drawn semi-circular eyebrows, and the small mouth with red lips. 2000 07 10 Dr. M. H. Goonatilleka 1916.09.0117
wood mask kulturhistoria bildkonst (532) konst (530) drama (536) dans (535) kuba-andersson anderson, john francis andersson, john frans
Published in
Sri Lanka
Reference
1916.09.0117
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Source
Europeana https://www.europeana.eu/en/item/91619/SMVK_EM_objekt_1023569

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