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A bull/bullock/ox. An animal character in the story portion of Kolam. Wood, vel-kaduru (Sin,) (Nux vomica). Iconography A long snout, painted in ash and colour. The nose is prominently painted in black. The nostrils are perforated and painted in red. A thick palate in red. The normal bo-leaf (the leaf of a sacred fig tree) decoration on the forehead, drawn in black with a reddish border. The reins of the bull are merely drawn in both sides of the face. There are no horns or ears, only the slots. 2000 03 23 Dr M. H. Goonatilleka 1916.09.0200.A Magasinet - En etnografisk skattkammare Magasinet - X X01 Sri Lanka Magasinet - En etnografisk skattkammare Magasinet - X X01 Sri Lanka A bull/bullock/ox. An animal character in the story portion of Kolam. Wood, vel-kaduru (Sin,) (Nux vomica). Iconography A long snout, painted in ash and colour. The nose is prominently painted in black. The nostrils are perforated and painted in red. A thick palate in red. The normal bo-leaf (the leaf of a sacred fig tree) decoration on the forehead, drawn in black with a reddish border. The reins of the bull are merely drawn in both sides of the face. There are no horns or ears, only the slots. 2000 03 23 Dr M. H. Goonatilleka 1916.09.0200.A