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Mask, deva kolan. Sri Lanka Ceylon Gul mask, lik föregående nr 248, men utan ytteröron. Höjd: 22 cm. Breddsy 19 cm. [ocr] 1916.9.249 Name and identification of character A female attendant of the royal palace, paricarikavak (Sin.), or a nautch-girl, natikanganavak (Sin.). Context A female character usually accompanying the royal party in the story portion in a Kolam performance. Material Wood, vel-kaduru (Sin.) (Nux vomica). Iconography A small mask similar to specimen no. 1916.9.248. The face is painted in yellow. The forehead band represents the frontlet of a dancing girl. It is decorated with the normal petal motif, pala-peti (Sin.), coloured in red and yellow. The hair on the head flows down the cheeks in the form of two curved tresses. Comments on the Umlauff Catalogue The identification of the mask as depicting a ¿Deva-Kolan¿ is incorrect. 2000 06 03 Dr. M. H. Goonatilleka 1916.09.0249 1916.9.249 Name and identification of character A female attendant of the royal palace, paricarikavak (Sin.), or a nautch-girl, natikanganavak (Sin.). Context A female character usually accompanying the royal party in the story portion in a Kolam performance. Material Wood, vel-kaduru (Sin.) (Nux vomica). Iconography A small mask similar to specimen no. 1916.9.248. The face is painted in yellow. The forehead band represents the frontlet of a dancing girl. It is decorated with the normal petal motif, pala-peti (Sin.), coloured in red and yellow. The hair on the head flows down the cheeks in the form of two curved tresses. Comments on the Umlauff Catalogue The identification of the mask as depicting a ¿Deva-Kolan¿ is incorrect. 2000 06 03 Dr. M. H. Goonatilleka Mask, deva kolan. 1916.09.0249 Sri Lanka Ceylon