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Kuba-Andersson
Anderson, John Francis
Andersson, John Frans
gamayek
villager
painted
carved
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://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/1023406 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/objekt/xml/1023406 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/objekt/rdf/1023406
Beskrivning
Mörkbrunt ansikte med lång, smal näsa. Munnen nästan tandlös, med endast 3 tänder. Höjd: 22 cm. Bredd: 17 cm. [ocr]
Mask, verdi kolan (vilde).
Beskrivning / engelska
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
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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