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27 Aug 2014

Mask, singhya kolan. Magasinet - En etnografisk skattkammare Magasinet - X X02 Sri Lanka Ceylon Mask, "Kutta Kola", föreställande ett hundlikt djur. Skulpterad av trä och bemålad. Munnen spricker upp i ett stort leende med två rader av stora tänder. Personen som bär masken har sikt genom munnen. Context An animal character appearing in the story portion, Gon-koti Kathava (Sin.), in Kolam. Material Wood, vel-kaduru (Sin.) (Nux vomica). Iconography A naturalistic animal mask with a round face (cf. Höpfner, 1969:75). The mouth is agape revealing the inside. The upper row of teeth, including two canine teeth, is in a semi-circular shape. The face is mottled, covered with spots in red, black and white. Excessive ornamentation is lacking. There are no ears, but slots indicate where ears have been, or should be, fixed. Mask, singhya kolan. The Magazine - X X02 Sri Lanka Ceylon Mask, “Kutta Kola,” depicting a dog-like animal. Sculpted by wood and painted. The mouth bursts into a big smile with two rows of big teeth. The person wearing the mask has visibility through his mouth. Context An animal An in the story serving, Gon-koti Kathava (Sin.), in Kolam. Material Wood, vel-kaduru (Sin.) Iconography A naturalistic animal mask with a round face (cf. Höpfner, 1969: 75). The mouth is agape revealing the The. The upper row of The, The two canine The, is in a semi-The The. The face is mottled, covered with spots in red, black and white. ExcExornamentation is There are no ears, but slots There ears have, or There be, There. 1916.09.0194 Mask, singhya kolan. 1916.09.0194 Magasinet - En etnografisk skattkammare Magasinet - X X02 Sri Lanka Ceylon
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Published in
Sri Lanka
Reference
1916.09.0194
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Source
Europeana https://www.europeana.eu/en/item/91619/SMVK_EM_objekt_1023284

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