mask

Öronskivor saknas. Näsan och frampartiet av underkäken äro omvandlade till en fågelnäbb röd mell näbben och den gula överläppenjå ena sidan, och ögonen å andra sidan, tecknade med brokiga färger. Kronan bildas av två från sidorna och ett mittre ur näsroten framspringande blad av ficus religiosa (det heliga Banianträdet). Höjd: 48 cm. Bredd: 19 cm. [ocr] Mask, gurrule rasse. Sri Lanka Ceylon 1916.9.312 Name and identification of character A mythical bird in the form of a demon, gurulu rassaya, or garunda raksa (Sin.). Context Stage two in a Kolam performance. Material Wood, vel-kaduru (Sin.) (Nux vomica). Iconography The mask has a beak and a bird-like face. The shape of the beak and its red colour are common features of the masks representing gurulu rassaya, or garunda raksa (Sin.). The head-piece is low-cut and comprises flower and foliage ornamentations. According to the narrative verses, this mythical being is supposed to be associated either with a relic dome, dagoba, or caityaya (Sin.) (vide specimen 1916.9.313), or with a tree, caitya urksaya (Sin.) (ficus religiosa), the flower of which is used here for ornamentation. The ears are missing. 2000 12 27 Dr. M. H. Goonatilleka Mask, gurrule rasse. 1916.09.0312 Sri Lanka Ceylon 1916.9.312 Name and identification of character A mythical bird in the form of a demon, gurulu rassaya, or garunda raksa (Sin.). Context Stage two in a Kolam performance. Material Wood, vel-kaduru (Sin.) (Nux vomica). Iconography The mask has a beak and a bird-like face. The shape of the beak and its red colour are common features of the masks representing gurulu rassaya, or garunda raksa (Sin.). The head-piece is low-cut and comprises flower and foliage ornamentations. According to the narrative verses, this mythical being is supposed to be associated either with a relic dome, dagoba, or caityaya (Sin.) (vide specimen 1916.9.313), or with a tree, caitya urksaya (Sin.) (ficus religiosa), the flower of which is used here for ornamentation. The ears are missing. 2000 12 27 Dr. M. H. Goonatilleka 1916.09.0312