mask

Underkäke och näsa äro omvandlade till en röd papegojnäbb. Öronen äro bildade av en gul fasan eller tupp. Kronan består, utom det pagodformade mittstycket över pannan, av två vingar och en fågelstjärt. Även de gula kinderna är målade i rutor som fjädrar eller fjäll. (Forts.) Längs näbben ringlar en orm. Dess huvu hänger ner från spetsen av näbben. Tre ormar framspringer ur näsroten. De på sidorna lägger sig över ögonbrynen. Höjd: 68 cm. Bredd: 65 cm. [ocr] Mask, gurrule kolan. Sri Lanka Ceylon Mask, gurrule kolan. 1916.9.313 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). Traditional pigments. Iconography The mask has a bird-like face and a beak. It has goggle eyes. The headdress is heavily ornamented and glossily painted. It is tall and broad, with several tiers, in the shape of a relic dome, dagoba (Sin.). A pine-flower forms the crest of the headdress. The headdress consists of Kandyan motifs representing the features of the bird. Cobras are employed as ornamentation, for example to decorate the eyebrows. The ears are separately attached. They are in the shape of peacocks or eaglets, with the wings rising upwards. 2000 12 27 Dr. M. H. Goonatilleka 1916.09.0313 Sri Lanka Ceylon 1916.9.313 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). Traditional pigments. Iconography The mask has a bird-like face and a beak. It has goggle eyes. The headdress is heavily ornamented and glossily painted. It is tall and broad, with several tiers, in the shape of a relic dome, dagoba (Sin.). A pine-flower forms the crest of the headdress. The headdress consists of Kandyan motifs representing the features of the bird. Cobras are employed as ornamentation, for example to decorate the eyebrows. The ears are separately attached. They are in the shape of peacocks or eaglets, with the wings rising upwards. 2000 12 27 Dr. M. H. Goonatilleka 1916.09.0313