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Ko, vit. Nos och hjärtformad pannfläck svarta. De korta tapparna för hornen har förlorat sina skal (naturliga horn?). Riksmuseets etnografiska avdelnings nya utställning Magasinet - En etnografisk skattkammare Magasinet - X Riksmuseets etnografiska avdelning, sal 2 X01 Sri Lanka Ceylon 1916.9.206 Name and identification of character A bull/bullock/ox. Context An animal character in the story portion in Kolam. Material Wood, vel-kaduru (Sin.) (Nux vomica). Iconography The snout is white in colour. It has the normal bo-leaf (the leaf of a sacred fig tree) patterned decoration; two bo-leaves, one in black and the other in grey, overlapping each other. A strong nose, prominently carved and painted in grey. A string passes through both nostrils. It stretches along the two sides of the face and is tied at the top of the head, indicating the reins, ton lanuva (Sin.), tied to the yoke, viya-gaha (Sin.), of a racing hackery, or ox cart, normally pulled by two oxen. 2000 03 23 Dr. M. H. Goonatilleka 1916.09.0206 Magasinet - En etnografisk skattkammare Magasinet - X Riksmuseets etnografiska avdelning, sal 2 X01 Sri Lanka Ceylon 1916.9.206 Name and identification of character A bull/bullock/ox. Context An animal character in the story portion in Kolam. Material Wood, vel-kaduru (Sin.) (Nux vomica). Iconography The snout is white in colour. It has the normal bo-leaf (the leaf of a sacred fig tree) patterned decoration; two bo-leaves, one in black and the other in grey, overlapping each other. A strong nose, prominently carved and painted in grey. A string passes through both nostrils. It stretches along the two sides of the face and is tied at the top of the head, indicating the reins, ton lanuva (Sin.), tied to the yoke, viya-gaha (Sin.), of a racing hackery, or ox cart, normally pulled by two oxen. 2000 03 23 Dr. M. H. Goonatilleka 1916.09.0206