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Kuba-Andersson
Anderson, John Francis
Andersson, John Frans
carved
painted
mask (ansiktsmask), mask, vädi kumari, vädda princess
1.3.0 2026-08-21 mask (ansiktsmask), vädi kumari, vädda princess Rådata 1023124 objekt Statens museer för världskultur - Etnografiska museet SMVK-EM Föremål http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/objekt/1023124 1916.09.0017 1916.9.17 Name and identification of character The mask appears to depict a member of the vädda-group, possibly a vädda princess, vädi kumari (Sin.). Context This character appears in the story portion in Kolam performances. Material Wood, vel-kaduru (Nux vomica). Iconography The diadem is a low headdress, baga otunna (Sin.). Both feminine and masculine features are combined in the mask. The elongated earlobes and the earrings suggest a female character. But the piercing eyes are those of a male. The dark-green colour of the face is the traditional colour of a mask depicting a vädda. Comments on the Umlauff Catalogue The identification of the mask as Waddi Devi is doubtful. Waddi is presumably a misspelling of Vädi. Accessible texts do not mention a vädda queen (devi), although, the carver might have wanted to add another character to the story. This is a normal feature in Sinhalese folk drama. 18 02 2000 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/1130897/1916.09.0017.jpg https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-em/web/image/zoom/1130896/1916.09.0017.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/1182292/1916.09.0017_bak.jpg https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-em/web/image/zoom/1182291/1916.09.0017_bak.jpg http://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#by Uppgift om fotograf saknas Statens museer för världskultur http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/samling/1021162 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/name/1022981 http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q932244 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/objekt/html/1023124 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/objekt/xml/1023124 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/objekt/rdf/1023124
Beskrivning / engelska
1916.9.17 Name and identification of character The mask appears to depict a member of the vädda-group, possibly a vädda princess, vädi kumari (Sin.). Context This character appears in the story portion in Kolam performances. Material Wood, vel-kaduru (Nux vomica). Iconography The diadem is a low headdress, baga otunna (Sin.). Both feminine and masculine features are combined in the mask. The elongated earlobes and the earrings suggest a female character. But the piercing eyes are those of a male. The dark-green colour of the face is the traditional colour of a mask depicting a vädda. Comments on the Umlauff Catalogue The identification of the mask as Waddi Devi is doubtful. Waddi is presumably a misspelling of Vädi. Accessible texts do not mention a vädda queen (devi), although, the carver might have wanted to add another character to the story. This is a normal feature in Sinhalese folk drama. 18 02 2000 Dr. M. H. Goonatilleka
Land / engelska
Sri Lanka
Geografiskt namn / annat
Ceylon
Materialkategori
trä
Material
Material, engelska
wood
Höjd
Bredd
Djup
Sakord
mask (ansiktsmask)
Sakord, engelska
mask
Titel, engelska
vädi kumari
vädda princess
Inventarienummer
Förvärvad
Andersson, John Fredrik
Brukad
South western coastal belt
Tillverkad
South-western coastal belt
Ursprung
Asien
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