http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/objekt/1023121
type: Entity
ksamsok version: 1.3.0
service name: objekt
service organization: SMVK-EM
service organization full: Statens museer för världskultur - Etnografiska museet
build date: 2026-08-21
url: https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-em/web/object/1023121
subject: culturalHistory
data quality: raw
item super type: object
item type: object
item key word: 1916.09.0014
item key word: Singaleser
item key word: Drama (536)
item key word: Dans (535)
item key word: Bildkonst (532)
item key word: Konst (530)
item key word: Kuba-Andersson
item key word: Anderson, John Francis
item key word: Andersson, John Frans
item motive word: Devi
item motive word: queen
item technique: carved
item technique: painted
item label: mask (ansiktsmask), mask
is part of: http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/samling/1021162
visualizes: Q494511
item description: ItemDescription
  type: Beskrivning
  desc: Ansikte vitt. Diadem och ändar på den på skuldrorna nedfallande turbanduken gula. Från mittrosetten i diademet går ett vitt, brett, ledat band i sidorna änd&,ned på halsen. Höjd: 39 cm. Bredd: 27 cm. [ocr]
item description: ItemDescription
  type: Beskrivning
  desc: vada devi.
item description: ItemDescription
  type: Beskrivning / engelska
  desc: 1916.9.14 Name and identification of character The mask depicts a queen, devi (Sin.). Context A character in the story portion in Kolam. The iconographic details are complicated and the story cannot be named. Material Wood, Vel-kaduru (Nux vomica). Iconography The head-dress and the face reveal the features of both (i) an English lady, and (ii) a Kandyan noble lady. The shape of the broad diadem reveals the characteristics of the Kandyan art of Sri Lanka. But the neckwear, with a pleated collar, is that of an English queen or princess. The diadem, which is divided into three compartments, represents a half crown, baga otunna (Sin.). Pale yellow or lemon-yellow is applied on the face and inner part of the ear, while the lobes and forehead band are painted with a darker shade of yellow. The mask is not carved in the round, and is light in weight. Comments on the Umlauff Catalogue The mask is, in the Umlauff Catalogue, wrongly identified as Wadage Devi (see note on Wadage in the descriptions of 1916.9.13, and 1916.9.4-5). 2000 02 18 Dr. M. H. Goonatilleka @en
item description: ItemDescription
  type: Land / engelska
  desc: Sri Lanka @en
item description: ItemDescription
  type: Geografiskt namn / annat
  desc: Ceylon
item material: ItemMaterial
  type: Materialkategori
  material: trä
item material: ItemMaterial
  type: Material
  material: trä
item material: ItemMaterial
  type: Material, engelska
  material: wood @en
item measurement: ItemMeasurement
  type: Höjd
  value: 40
  unit: cm
item measurement: ItemMeasurement
  type: Bredd
  value: 32
  unit: cm
item measurement: ItemMeasurement
  type: Djup
  value: 16,5
  unit: cm
item name: ItemName
  type: Sakord
  name: mask (ansiktsmask)
item name: ItemName
  type: Sakord, engelska
  name: mask @en
item number: ItemNumber
  type: Inventarienummer
  number: 1916.09.0014
context: Andersson, John Fredrik
  type: Context
  context label: Förvärvad
  context type: transact
  context super type: interact
  from time: 1916
  to time: 1916
  intermediary: http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/name/1022981
context: Context
  context label: Brukad
  context type: use
  context super type: interact
  place name: South western coastal belt
context: Singaleser
  type: Context
  context label: Brukad
  context type: use
  context super type: interact
  user: Q932244
context: Context
  context label: Tillverkad
  context type: produce
  context super type: create
  place name: South-western coastal belt
  from time: 1870
  to time: 1900
context: Context
  context label: Ursprung
  context type: use
  context super type: interact
  country: lk
  continent name: Asien
  country name: Sri Lanka
image: Image
  media type: image/jpeg
  byline: Uppgift om fotograf saknas
  copyright: Statens museer för världskultur
  media license: by
  media license url: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
image: Image
  media type: image/jpeg
  byline: Uppgift om fotograf saknas
  copyright: Statens museer för världskultur
  media license: by
  media license url: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
item license: cc0
item license url: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
presentation: 1.3.0 2026-08-21 mask (ansiktsmask) Rådata 1023121 objekt Statens museer för världskultur - Etnografiska museet SMVK-EM Föremål http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/objekt/1023121 1916.09.0014 Ansikte vitt. Diadem och ändar på den på skuldrorna nedfallande turbanduken gula. Från mittrosetten i diademet går ett vitt, brett, ledat band i sidorna änd&,ned på halsen. Höjd: 39 cm. Bredd: 27 cm. [ocr] vada devi., 1916.9.14 Name and identification of character The mask depicts a queen, devi (Sin.). Context A character in the story portion in Kolam. The iconographic details are complicated and the story cannot be named. Material Wood, Vel-kaduru (Nux vomica). Iconography The head-dress and the face reveal the features of both (i) an English lady, and (ii) a Kandyan noble lady. The shape of the broad diadem reveals the characteristics of the Kandyan art of Sri Lanka. But the neckwear, with a pleated collar, is that of an English queen or princess. The diadem, which is divided into three compartments, represents a half crown, baga otunna (Sin.). Pale yellow or lemon-yellow is applied on the face and inner part of the ear, while the lobes and forehead band are painted with a darker shade of yellow. The mask is not carved in the round, and is light in weight. Comments on the Umlauff Catalogue The mask is, in the Umlauff Catalogue, wrongly identified as Wadage Devi (see note on Wadage in the descriptions of 1916.9.13, and 1916.9.4-5). 2000 02 18 Dr. M. H. Goonatilleka, Sri Lanka, Ceylon Förvärvad Andersson, John Fredrik Brukad South western coastal belt Brukad Singaleser Tillverkad South-western coastal belt 1870, 1900 Ursprung Asien, Sri Lanka image/jpeg https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-em/web/image/tn/1130906/1916.09.0014.jpg https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-em/web/image/zoom/1130905/1916.09.0014.jpg http://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#by Uppgift om fotograf saknas Statens museer för världskultur image/jpeg https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-em/web/image/tn/1182307…