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1916.9.307 Name and identification of character A cobra demon referred to as naga raksaya (Sin.) or ratnakutaya (Sin.). Context Stage two in a Kolam performance. Material Wood, vel-kaduru (Sin.) (Nux vomica). Iconography One of the ear-discs is missing. The existing ear-disc is in the shape of a lotus flower. Two cobras frame the disc with the hoods rising upwards. The crest of the mask is composed of four cobras. The eye-brows are decorated with the common petal design, pala-peti (Sin.). The mouth is half-open. Two eye-teeth. Black whiskers are drawn around the mouth. The nostrils are drilled and two cobras issue from them. 2000 12 19 Dr. M. H. Goonatilleka 1916.09.0307 Sri Lanka Ceylon Sri Lanka Ceylon 1916.9.307 Name and identification of character A cobra demon referred to as naga raksaya (Sin.) or ratnakutaya (Sin.). Context Stage two in a Kolam performance. Material Wood, vel-kaduru (Sin.) (Nux vomica). Iconography One of the ear-discs is missing. The existing ear-disc is in the shape of a lotus flower. Two cobras frame the disc with the hoods rising upwards. The crest of the mask is composed of four cobras. The eye-brows are decorated with the common petal design, pala-peti (Sin.). The mouth is half-open. Two eye-teeth. Black whiskers are drawn around the mouth. The nostrils are drilled and two cobras issue from them. 2000 12 19 Dr. M. H. Goonatilleka 1916.09.0307