http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/objekt/1023406
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/1023406
subject: culturalHistory
data quality: raw
item super type: object
item type: object
item key word: 1916.09.0180
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: gamayek
item motive word: villager
item technique: painted
item technique: carved
item label: mask (ansiktsmask), mask
is part of: http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/samling/1021162
item description: ItemDescription
  type: Beskrivning
  desc: Mörkbrunt ansikte med lång, smal näsa. Munnen nästan tandlös, med endast 3 tänder. Höjd: 22 cm. Bredd: 17 cm. [ocr]
item description: ItemDescription
  type: Beskrivning
  desc: Mask, verdi kolan (vilde).
item description: ItemDescription
  type: Beskrivning / engelska
  desc: 1916.9.180 Name and identification of character An ordinary villager, Gamayek (Sin.). Context A character appearing in the story designated Gama Kathava (Sin.) (Vide preface) in Kolam. Material Wood, vel-kaduru (Sin.) (Nux vomica). Iconography The mask is of the smaller variety in Kolam. The face is painted dark brown. Although the mask is devoid of elaborate iconographical details and bright colours, it captures the pathetic plight of a simple villager. In the story called Gon-koti Kathava (Sin.) (the story of a foreign peddler, his bull and tiger, and startled villagers) the villagers are startled by the presence of a tiger. In this mask the expression of alarm is cleverly depicted in the face of the villager by employing a few pigments, a few teeth (or stumps of teeth) painted in grey and innocent eyes looking up as if calling for help. Comments on the Umlauff Catalogue The mask is identified as ¿Verdi Kolan (Wilder)¿ in the catalogue. The expression ¿Verdi¿ is phonetically incorrect. The phonetically correct rendering should be ¿Vädda¿. Even so, the identification is wrong. The expression displayed on the mask is contrary to the normal fearful look of a Vädda. 2000 05 17 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: 22,3
  unit: cm
item measurement: ItemMeasurement
  type: Bredd
  value: 16,5
  unit: cm
item measurement: ItemMeasurement
  type: Djup
  value: 10
  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: 1916.09.0180
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
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 1023406 objekt Statens museer för världskultur - Etnografiska museet SMVK-EM Föremål http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/objekt/1023406 1916.09.0180 Mörkbrunt ansikte med lång, smal näsa. Munnen nästan tandlös, med endast 3 tänder. Höjd: 22 cm. Bredd: 17 cm. [ocr] Mask, verdi kolan (vilde)., 1916.9.180 Name and identification of character An ordinary villager, Gamayek (Sin.). Context A character appearing in the story designated Gama Kathava (Sin.) (Vide preface) in Kolam. Material Wood, vel-kaduru (Sin.) (Nux vomica). Iconography The mask is of the smaller variety in Kolam. The face is painted dark brown. Although the mask is devoid of elaborate iconographical details and bright colours, it captures the pathetic plight of a simple villager. In the story called Gon-koti Kathava (Sin.) (the story of a foreign peddler, his bull and tiger, and startled villagers) the villagers are startled by the presence of a tiger. In this mask the expression of alarm is cleverly depicted in the face of the villager by employing a few pigments, a few teeth (or stumps of teeth) painted in grey and innocent eyes looking up as if calling for help. Comments on the Umlauff Catalogue The mask is identified as ¿Verdi Kolan (Wilder)¿ in the catalogue. The expression ¿Verdi¿ is phonetically incorrect. The phonetically correct rendering should be ¿Vädda¿. Even so, the identification is wrong. The expression displayed on the mask is contrary to the normal fearful look of a Vädda. 2000 05 17 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/1493268/image.jpg https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-em/web/image/zoom/1493267/image.jpg http://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#by Uppgift om fotograf saknas Statens museer för världskultur http://kult…