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27 Aug 2014

Mask, marta rasse. Sri Lanka Ceylon Nosen rödbrun. I munvinklarna långa, bakåtböjda huggtänder. Osedvanligt långskaftade teleskopögon. Hög, treradig fjäderkrona. De trekantiga. tändErnatiöver-och underkäken stöta emot varandra, med spetsarna. Höjd: 30 cm. Bredd: 18 cm. [ocr] Name and identification of character The mask is close in style to that of the demon purnaka raksaya (Sin.). However, the identification is difficult as the ears are missing. Context Stage two in a Kolam performance. Material Wood, vel-kaduru (Sin.) (Nux vomica). Iconography The mouth is small and the teeth are in the shape of spikes. There are two eye-teeth. Space has been left between the teeth to facilitate the vision of the dancer. Whiskers are drawn around the mouth. The nose is small and curved. The nostrils are not drilled as in other similar masks. The bulging eyes are ornamented with petal designs. The mask has a crown in three ornamented tiers. 2001 10 01 Dr. M. H. Goonatilleka 1916.09.0343 Name and identification of character The mask is close in style to that of the demon purnaka raksaya (Sin.). However, the identification is difficult as the ears are missing. Context Stage two in a Kolam performance. Material Wood, vel-kaduru (Sin.) (Nux vomica). Iconography The mouth is small and the teeth are in the shape of spikes. There are two eye-teeth. Space has been left between the teeth to facilitate the vision of the dancer. Whiskers are drawn around the mouth. The nose is small and curved. The nostrils are not drilled as in other similar masks. The bulging eyes are ornamented with petal designs. The mask has a crown in three ornamented tiers. 2001 10 01 Dr. M. H. Goonatilleka Mask, marta rasse. 1916.09.0343 Sri Lanka Ceylon
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Published in
Sri Lanka
Reference
1916.09.0343
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Source
Europeana https://www.europeana.eu/en/item/91619/SMVK_EM_objekt_1024491

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