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Andersson, John Frans
hevaya
warrior
soldier
carved
painted
1.3.0 2026-08-21 mask (ansiktsmask) Rådata 1023509 objekt Statens museer för världskultur - Etnografiska museet SMVK-EM Föremål http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/objekt/1023509 1916.09.0217 Gult ansikte med kluven överläpp och oregelbundet bett. Näsryggen kluven, på båda kinderna stora varbölder. Höjd: 20 cm. Bredd: 19 cm. [ocr] 1916.9.217 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 The face is painted in a combination of colours like pink and yellow. It has a large mouth with thick gums painted in red. The whiskers drawn around the mouth resemble those of an animal like the tiger or the bear. The eyes are sunken. The essential features; the leeches, sword cuts and gashes, are carved and painted. The nose displays a deep sword cut in the shape of a ridge. Leeches are carved all over the face, some are stuck on swellings on the cheeks. Others take a decorative shape. Over the eyebrows are two leeches retaining the same shape as the brows. The mouth is broad and the teeth are in disproportionate shape. 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/1493408/image.jpg https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-em/web/image/zoom/1493407/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/1023509 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/objekt/xml/1023509 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/objekt/rdf/1023509
Beskrivning
Gult ansikte med kluven överläpp och oregelbundet bett. Näsryggen kluven, på båda kinderna stora varbölder. Höjd: 20 cm. Bredd: 19 cm. [ocr]
Beskrivning / engelska
1916.9.217 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 The face is painted in a combination of colours like pink and yellow. It has a large mouth with thick gums painted in red. The whiskers drawn around the mouth resemble those of an animal like the tiger or the bear. The eyes are sunken. The essential features; the leeches, sword cuts and gashes, are carved and painted. The nose displays a deep sword cut in the shape of a ridge. Leeches are carved all over the face, some are stuck on swellings on the cheeks. Others take a decorative shape. Over the eyebrows are two leeches retaining the same shape as the brows. The mouth is broad and the teeth are in disproportionate shape. 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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