krona, huvudbonad, mask, headdress

Krön på kronan till en stor mask;vackert utskuren och omålad. Med fyr•hörnig öppning baktill. Höjd: 66 cm. Diameter: 36 cm. [ocr] Del av en stor mask - detta är en krona som ska sitta på toppen. Sri Lanka Ceylon Name and identification of character An unfinished headdress of a king. Context Kolam. Material Wood, vel-kaduru (Sin.) (Nux vomica). Iconography Royal masks are large and hollowed with crowns in several tiers, in the case of kings in more than three tiers. This headdress is unpainted with carved details. It contains a pinnacle and a second tier in the shape of a belvedere called pattirippuva (Sin.), with spires in an open work, suggestive of the windows in a royal palace. 2001 10 01 Dr. M. H. Goonatilleka 1916.09.0347 Sri Lanka Ceylon Name and identification of character An unfinished headdress of a king. Context Kolam. Material Wood, vel-kaduru (Sin.) (Nux vomica). Iconography Royal masks are large and hollowed with crowns in several tiers, in the case of kings in more than three tiers. This headdress is unpainted with carved details. It contains a pinnacle and a second tier in the shape of a belvedere called pattirippuva (Sin.), with spires in an open work, suggestive of the windows in a royal palace. 2001 10 01 Dr. M. H. Goonatilleka 1916.09.0347