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Sri Lanka Ceylon 1916.9.22 Name and identification of character The mask depicts a person of African ethnicity, kapiri kolama (Sin.). The mask can also be used to represent a character belonging to the Vädda-group, vädi kolam (Sin.). Context This is a character in the story called Kapiri Kolama (vide preface), or a minor character in the Maname Kathava/Kolama (Sin.). Material Wood, Vel-kaduru (Nux vomica). Iconography A flat mask with a plain cap painted in a greyish colour, surmounted by a crudely carved crest. The iconographic details are few. When the cap is covered with a cloth, the mask can be used to represent a person of African ethnic descent in the dance of the Kaffir couple. 18 02 2000 Dr. M. H. Goonatilleka Ansikte svart, med röda uppsvällda läppar. Den höga hatten är målad ockragul. Höjd: 30 cm. Bredd: 18 cm. [ocr] Mask föreställande waddi kolan. Sri Lanka Ceylon 1916.9.22 Name and Name The mask The ts a person of African ethnicity, kapiri kolama The mask can also be used to The a The ing to the Vädda-group, vädi kolam (Sin.). Context This is a This in the story Kapiri Kolama Material Wood, Vel-kaduru Iconography A flat mask with a plain cap in a greyish, surA by a crudely carved crest. The christian creative. When the cap is covered with a When, the mask can be used to When a person of African When in the dance of the Kaffir When. 18 02 2000 Dr. M. H. Goonatilleka Mask depicting waddi kolan. 1916.09.0022 1916.09.0022 Sri Lanka Ceylon