http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/objekt/1023281
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/1023281
subject: culturalHistory
data quality: raw
item super type: object
item type: object
item key word: 1916.09.0191
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 key word: Vågar du gå in?
item motive word: valaha
item motive word: bear @en
item technique: carved
item technique: painted
item label: mask (ansiktsmask), mask
is part of: http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/samling/1021162
P12 B.was present at: http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/exhibition/1853254
P12 B.was present at: http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/exhibitionpart/1853266
P12 B.was present at: http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/showcase/2084589
item description: ItemDescription
  type: Beskrivning / engelska
  desc: Mask av trä. Name and identification of character A bear, valaha or valas (Sin.). Context An animal character in the story portion in Kolam. The dance of the bear is also enacted as a solo dance (cf. Höpfner, 1969:76). The bear mask is used in several contexts. In Kolam it represents an animal, in Sanni one of the Pali demons (vide Preface), and it represents the Great Demon of the graveyards as a part of the Tovil sequence (vide Preface). Material Wood, vel-kaduru (Sin.) (Nux vomica). Iconography The snout is similar to that of a wild boar. It is bluish grey in colour. The shape of the mouth suggests that the animal is on the prowl. The ears are raised and stretches sideways in the shape of shrivelled leaf-cups. The four canine teeth are sharp and sabre-like. The gums are red. Whiskers are painted under the chin. The presence of a third eye at the top of the forehead is a strange feature of the mask. 2000 06 07 Dr. M. H. Goonatilleka @en
item description: ItemDescription
  type: Utställning / ingår i
  desc: Magasinet - En etnografisk skattkammare
item description: ItemDescription
  type: Utställning, del av / ingår i
  desc: Magasinet - X
item description: ItemDescription
  type: Utställning, monterdel / ingår i
  desc: X02
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: 25
  unit: cm
item measurement: ItemMeasurement
  type: Djup
  value: 19,5
  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: 1916.09.0191
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
context: X02, Magasinet - X, Magasinet - En etnografisk skattkammare
  type: Context
  context label: Utställd
  context type: display
  context super type: interact
  place name: Etnografiska museet, Stockholm
  from time: 2012-10-26
image: Image
  media type: image/jpeg
  byline: Westling, Rose-Marie
  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/
image: Image
  media type: image/jpeg
  byline: Westling, Rose-Marie
  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: Westling, Rose-Marie
  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: Westling, Rose-Marie
  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: Westling, Rose-Marie
  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: Westling, Rose-Marie
  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 1023281 objekt Statens museer för världskultur - Etnografiska museet SMVK-EM Föremål http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/objekt/1023281 1916.09.0191 Mask av trä. Name and identification of character A bear, valaha or valas (Sin.). Context An animal character in the story portion in Kolam. The dance of the bear is also enacted as a solo dance (cf. Höpfner, 1969:76). The bear mask is used in several contexts. In Kolam it represents an animal, in Sanni one of the Pali demons (vide Preface), and it represents the Great Demon of the graveyards as a part of the Tovil sequence (vide Preface). Material Wood, vel-kaduru (Sin.) (Nux vomica). Iconography The snout is similar to that of a wild boar. It is bluish grey in colour. The shape of the mouth suggests that the animal is on the prowl. The ears are raised and stretches sideways in the shape of shrivelled leaf-cups. The four canine teeth are sharp and sabre-like. The gums are red. Whiskers are painted under the chin. The presence of a third eye at the top of the forehead is a strange feature of the mask. 2000 06 07 Dr. M. H. Goonatilleka Magasinet - En etnografisk skattkammare, Magasinet - X, X02, 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 Utställd Etnografiska museet, Stockholm X02, Magasinet - X, Magasinet - En etnografisk skattkammare image/jpeg https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-em/web/image/tn/1981183/image.jpg https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-em/web/image/zoom/1981182/image.jpg http://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#by Westling, Rose-Marie Statens museer för världskultur image/jpeg https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-em/web/image/tn/1493304/image.jpg https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-em/web/image/zoom/1493303/image.jpg http://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#by Uppgift om fotograf saknas Statens museer för världskultur image/jpeg…