http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/objekt/1024492
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: 2026-07-31
url: https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-em/web/object/1024492
subject: culturalHistory
data quality: raw
item super type: object
item type: object
item key word: 1916.09.0344
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: Ceylon
item motive word: demon purnaka @en
item technique: carved
item technique: painted
item label: mask (ansiktsmask), mask, purnaka rassaya, purnaka raksa
is part of: http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/samling/1021162
has part: http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/delobjekt/1024493
has part: http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/delobjekt/1024494
has part: http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/delobjekt/1024495
is visualized by: http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/fotografi/1461172
is visualized by: http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/fotografi/1461175
P12 B.was present at: http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/exhibition/1434133
P12 B.was present at: http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/exhibitionpart/2703230
item description: ItemDescription
  type: Beskrivning
  desc: Mask, maru rasse.
item description: ItemDescription
  type: Beskrivning
  desc: Rödgult ansikte. Framtill i överkäken två stora huggtänder, mellan vilka den röda tungan kommer till synes. Gula öronskivor med bladarrange mang. Tredelad krona, gul, röd, och grön. Höjd: 38 cm. Bredd: 41 cm. [ocr]
item description: ItemDescription
  type: Beskrivning / engelska
  desc: Name and identification of character A demon character referred to as purnaka, purnaka raksaya/rassaya (Sin.). Context Stage two in a Kolam performance. Material Wood, vel-kaduru (Sin.) (Nux vomica). Iconography The mask is characteristic of the demon Purnaka. There is a striking resemblance between the mask of the demon of death, maru rassa (Sin.), and the demon Purnaka. But both masks have distinctive styles and attributes, which allow for identification. For instance, the face in this mask is painted in an ash colour, a colour that plays down the ferocity of the demon. The face of maru rassa is normally painted in cherry red. Half-open mouth. Spike shaped teeth. Two eye-teeth. An ornamented crown in three tiers. The top tier is in the shape of flower pods painted in green. The middle tier has a panel of suli-väl (Sin.) decorations. The bottom tier comprises dagäba (relic chamber) shaped decorative pieces. These have been executed by the painters, commonly referred to as sittaru (Sin.), who are master painters of temple murals. The ears are in the shape of large discs, adorned with lotus flowers and foliage ornaments. Comments on the Umlauff Catalogue The character is incorrectly identified as the demon of death, maru rassa (Sin.). 2001 10 01 Dr. M. H. Goonatilleka @en
item description: ItemDescription
  type: Utställning / tidigare
  desc: Riksmuseets etnografiska avdelnings nya utställning
item description: ItemDescription
  type: Utställning, del av / tidigare
  desc: Riksmuseets etnografiska avdelning, sal 2
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: 38
  unit: cm
item measurement: ItemMeasurement
  type: Bredd
  value: 43
  unit: cm
item measurement: ItemMeasurement
  type: Djup
  value: 17,5
  unit: cm
item name: ItemName
  type: Sakord
  name: mask (ansiktsmask)
item name: ItemName
  type: Sakord, engelska
  name: mask @en
item name: ItemName
  type: Titel, engelska
  name: purnaka rassaya @en
item name: ItemName
  type: Titel, engelska
  name: purnaka raksa @en
item number: ItemNumber
  type: Inventarienummer
  number: 1916.09.0344
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 of Sri Lanka
  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: Riksmuseets etnografiska avdelnings nya utställning
  type: Context
  context label: Utställd
  context type: display
  context super type: interact
  place name: Riksmuseets etnografiska avdelning, Vallingatan 2, Stockholm
  from time: 1917-05-11
  to time: 1918
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 2026-07-31 mask (ansiktsmask), purnaka rassaya, purnaka raksa Rådata 1024492 objekt Statens museer för världskultur - Etnografiska museet SMVK-EM Föremål http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/objekt/1024492 1916.09.0344 Mask, maru rasse. Rödgult ansikte. Framtill i överkäken två stora huggtänder, mellan vilka den röda tungan kommer till synes. Gula öronskivor med bladarrange mang. Tredelad krona, gul, röd, och grön. Höjd: 38 cm. Bredd: 41 cm. [ocr], Name and identification of character A demon character referred to as purnaka, purnaka raksaya/rassaya (Sin.). Context Stage two in a Kolam performance. Material Wood, vel-kaduru (Sin.) (Nux vomica). Iconography The mask is characteristic of the demon Purnaka. There is a striking resemblance between the mask of the demon of death, maru rassa (Sin.), and the demon Purnaka. But both masks have distinctive styles and attributes, which allow for identification. For instance, the face in this mask is painted in an ash colour, a colour that plays down the ferocity of the demon. The face of maru rassa is normally painted in cherry red. Half-open mouth. Spike shaped teeth. Two eye-teeth. An ornamented crown in three tiers. The top tier is in the shape of flower pods painted in green. The middle tier has a panel of suli-väl (Sin.) decorations. The bottom tier comprises dagäba (relic chamber) shaped decorative pieces. These have been executed by the painters, commonly referred to as sittaru (Sin.), who are master painters of temple murals. The ears are in the shape of large discs, adorned with lotus flowers and foliage ornaments. Comments on the Umlauff Catalogue The character is incorrectly identified as the demon of death, maru rassa (Sin.). 2001 10 01 Dr. M. H. Goonatilleka, Riksmuseets etnografiska avdelnings nya utställning, Riksmuseets etnografiska avdelning, sal 2, Sri Lanka, Ceylon Förvärvad Andersson, John Fredrik Brukad South western coastal belt Brukad Singaleser Tillverkad South-western coastal belt of Sri Lanka 1870,…