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Kuba-Andersson
Anderson, John Francis
Andersson, John Frans
soldier
hevaya
warrior
carved
painted
1.3.0 2026-08-21 mask (ansiktsmask) Rådata 1023518 objekt Statens museer för världskultur - Etnografiska museet SMVK-EM Föremål http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/objekt/1023518 1916.09.0226 1916.9.226 Name and identification of character A soldier/warrior, hevaya (or hevarala or heva kolam) (Sin.). Context This character appears with a group of soldiers in the first stage of the Kolam performance, in the dance of the warriors, heva kolam (Sin.). The soldiers enter the place of performance in order to uphold law and order. Their duty is to maintain discipline prior to the arrival of the royal party (vide Preface). Material Wood, vel-kaduru (Sin.) (Nux vomica). Iconography A mask demonstrating the vicious nature of the warrior by means of sculptural details common to all the masks of this genre; the deflected open mouth, the irregularly carved teeth with gaps in between, and the swellings on the cheeks. The sword cuts on the forehead and chin, and the leeches stuck on the temples are common and popular identification marks of a warrior, and abundantly displayed in this mask. 2000 06 03 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/1493440/image.jpg https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-em/web/image/zoom/1493439/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/name/1022981 http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q932244 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/objekt/html/1023518 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/objekt/xml/1023518 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/objekt/rdf/1023518
Beskrivning / engelska
1916.9.226 Name and identification of character A soldier/warrior, hevaya (or hevarala or heva kolam) (Sin.). Context This character appears with a group of soldiers in the first stage of the Kolam performance, in the dance of the warriors, heva kolam (Sin.). The soldiers enter the place of performance in order to uphold law and order. Their duty is to maintain discipline prior to the arrival of the royal party (vide Preface). Material Wood, vel-kaduru (Sin.) (Nux vomica). Iconography A mask demonstrating the vicious nature of the warrior by means of sculptural details common to all the masks of this genre; the deflected open mouth, the irregularly carved teeth with gaps in between, and the swellings on the cheeks. The sword cuts on the forehead and chin, and the leeches stuck on the temples are common and popular identification marks of a warrior, and abundantly displayed in this mask. 2000 06 03 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
Inventarienummer
Förvärvad
Andersson, John Fredrik
Brukad
South western coastal belt
Tillverkad
South-western coastal belt
Ursprung
Asien
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