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Kurvarea (Pins). Gul. Kronan baktill bortbruten. Framtill ett "frånvänt" lejon (rätt heraldisk term).. På vardera sidan en i en lotusblomma tronande Buddha.' Höjd: 50 cm. Bredd: 24 cm. [ocr] Sri Lanka Ceylon 1916.9.54 Name and identification of character A king, raja (Sin.). Context This character appears in the story portion in a Kolam performance. Material Wood, Vel-kaduru (Sin.) (Nux vomica). Iconography The crown is broad and round with sculpted figures and petal and flower decorations. At the centre is the figure of a lion. The lion is a symbol indicative of a Kandyan monarch. The other figure, a lady seated on petals, is the figure of a lady creeper, nari lata (Sin.), a mythological figure (See Preface) (not the figure of the Buddha, as it is wrongly identified in the Umlauff Catalogue, cf. also no. 1916.9.27). The face is copper-coloured. The nose is straight and prominent. The mouth is glum. The sideburns are prominent. The pinnacle does not fit the top rim of the crown. Perhaps one part is broken. 2000 03 15 Dr. M. H. Goonatilleka 1916.09.0054 Sri Lanka Ceylon 1916.9.54 Name and identification of character A king, raja (Sin.). Context This character appears in the story portion in a Kolam performance. Material Wood, Vel-kaduru (Sin.) (Nux vomica). Iconography The crown is broad and round with sculpted figures and petal and flower decorations. At the centre is the figure of a lion. The lion is a symbol indicative of a Kandyan monarch. The other figure, a lady seated on petals, is the figure of a lady creeper, nari lata (Sin.), a mythological figure (See Preface) (not the figure of the Buddha, as it is wrongly identified in the Umlauff Catalogue, cf. also no. 1916.9.27). The face is copper-coloured. The nose is straight and prominent. The mouth is glum. The sideburns are prominent. The pinnacle does not fit the top rim of the crown. Perhaps one part is broken. 2000 03 15 Dr. M. H. Goonatilleka 1916.09.0054