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Mask, gong kolan. Riksmuseets etnografiska avdelning, sal 2 Sri Lanka Ceylon Ko, huvud svart. Pannfläck och horn vita. Längd: 62 cm. Höjd: 21 cm. [ocr] Riksmuseets etnografiska avdelnings nya utställning 1916.9.205 Name and identification of character A bull/buffalo/ox. Context An animal character in the story portion in Kolam. Material Wood, vel-kaduru (Sin.) (Nux vomica). Iconography An elongated snout, black in colour. The eyes are carved and painted in red, black and white. Both nostrils are prominently displayed. The jaws and the chin denote the act of grazing. There is a bo-leaf (the leaf of a sacred fig tree) decoration, in white with a red border, on the forehead. Two curved horns, without the ferrule, are separately attached. The horns are ash coloured, with a triangular decoration in pink on the joints. There are no ears, but slots for fixing ears are visible. 2000 03 23 Dr. M. H. Goonatilleka 1916.09.0205 1916.9.205 Name and identification of character A bull/buffalo/ox. Context An animal character in the story portion in Kolam. Material Wood, vel-kaduru (Sin.) (Nux vomica). Iconography An elongated snout, black in colour. The eyes are carved and painted in red, black and white. Both nostrils are prominently displayed. The jaws and the chin denote the act of grazing. There is a bo-leaf (the leaf of a sacred fig tree) decoration, in white with a red border, on the forehead. Two curved horns, without the ferrule, are separately attached. The horns are ash coloured, with a triangular decoration in pink on the joints. There are no ears, but slots for fixing ears are visible. 2000 03 23 Dr. M. H. Goonatilleka Mask, gong kolan. 1916.09.0205 Riksmuseets etnografiska avdelning, sal 2 Sri Lanka Ceylon