http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/objekt/1023153
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/1023153
subject: culturalHistory
data quality: raw
item super type: object
item type: object
item key word: 1916.09.0028
item key word: Singaleser
item key word: Dans (535)
item key word: Bildkonst (532)
item key word: Drama (536)
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: minister
item technique: carved
item technique: painted
item label: mask (ansiktsmask), mask
is part of: http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/samling/1021162
has part: http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/delobjekt/1023154
has part: http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/delobjekt/1023155
is visualized by: http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/fotografi/25646592
item description: ItemDescription
  type: Beskrivning / engelska
  desc: 1916.9.28 Name and identification of character The minister of a king; either of King Kalinga, or Maha Sammata, or Nalukerthi (cf. the description of 1916.9.26-27)). The mask gains the name of the minister of the king referred to in each Kolam repertoire. Context This character appears in the preliminary part of a Kolam performance. The dancer wears the mask only when the royal party perambulates in the dance arena, prior to the performance of the separate stories. As usual, the mask is then taken off the dancer and is placed on mats, while the rest of the dances are enacted. Material Wood, Vel-kaduru (Nux vomica). Iconography The crown has two main parts. The detachable pinnacle is in the form of the dome of a relic chamber, dagäba (Sin.), in two sections. It is carved and painted in the round, with the normal creeper design. The lower layer is decorated with flowering trees and creepers painted in bright colours such as yellow, pink and green. The face is painted in lemon yellow. The elongated ear lobes and the ear-ornaments suspending from them, the forehead band, and shoulder blades, are geometric. Leaf and petal designs have been used for ornamentation. One shoulder blade is damaged. 2000 02 24 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: 68,5
  unit: cm
item measurement: ItemMeasurement
  type: Bredd
  value: 44,5
  unit: cm
item measurement: ItemMeasurement
  type: Djup
  value: 27
  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: 1916.09.0028
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
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/
item license: cc0
item license url: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
presentation: 1.3.0 2026-08-21 mask (ansiktsmask) Rådata 1023153 objekt Statens museer för världskultur - Etnografiska museet SMVK-EM Föremål http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/objekt/1023153 1916.09.0028 1916.9.28 Name and identification of character The minister of a king; either of King Kalinga, or Maha Sammata, or Nalukerthi (cf. the description of 1916.9.26-27)). The mask gains the name of the minister of the king referred to in each Kolam repertoire. Context This character appears in the preliminary part of a Kolam performance. The dancer wears the mask only when the royal party perambulates in the dance arena, prior to the performance of the separate stories. As usual, the mask is then taken off the dancer and is placed on mats, while the rest of the dances are enacted. Material Wood, Vel-kaduru (Nux vomica). Iconography The crown has two main parts. The detachable pinnacle is in the form of the dome of a relic chamber, dagäba (Sin.), in two sections. It is carved and painted in the round, with the normal creeper design. The lower layer is decorated with flowering trees and creepers painted in bright colours such as yellow, pink and green. The face is painted in lemon yellow. The elongated ear lobes and the ear-ornaments suspending from them, the forehead band, and shoulder blades, are geometric. Leaf and petal designs have been used for ornamentation. One shoulder blade is damaged. 2000 02 24 Dr. M. H. Goonatilleka Sri Lanka, Ceylon Förvärvad Andersson, John Fredrik Brukad South western coastal belt Brukad Singaleser Tillverkad South-western coastal belt Ursprung Asien, Sri Lanka image/jpeg https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-em/web/image/tn/1492924/image.jpg https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-em/web/image/zoom/1492923/image.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/delobjekt/1023154 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/delobjekt…