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Kuba-Andersson
Anderson, John Francis
Andersson, John Frans
warrior
hevaya
soldier
carved
painted
1.3.0 2026-08-28 mask (ansiktsmask) Rådata 1023514 objekt Statens museer för världskultur - Etnografiska museet SMVK-EM Föremål http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/objekt/1023514 1916.09.0222 Rödbrun mask. Panna med djupt ärr i mitten. Till höger och vänster om detta bölder och trehörniga hudutskärningar. Höger näsvinge saknas På kinden ett ärr. Höjd: 25 cm. Bredd: 20 cm. Ceylon. [ocr] 1916.9.222 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 mask carver appears to have been more precise in colour and tone variations than in the matter of iconography. The colour of the face suggests the use of stone minerals; gal sayam (Sin.), to produce the relevant colours; yellow and red. The resulting picture of the face may trick one to identify it as a clay mask. But an examination of the interior of the mask clearly reveals that is has been carved from Nux-vomica wood. However, iconographic precision has not been respected. Although the normal attributes of warrior masks, heva kolam (Sin.), such as wounds, swellings, gashes and leeches sticking to the face, are present, these are used for decorative purposes. The leeches carved on the forehead and on the chin are carved as external ornaments of this character. One cannot be certain that leeches eat the flesh of a man in an artistic manner. 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/1493424/image.jpg https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-em/web/image/zoom/1493423/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/1023514 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/objekt/xml/1023514 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/objekt/rdf/1023514
Beskrivning
Rödbrun mask. Panna med djupt ärr i mitten. Till höger och vänster om detta bölder och trehörniga hudutskärningar. Höger näsvinge saknas På kinden ett ärr. Höjd: 25 cm. Bredd: 20 cm. Ceylon. [ocr]
Beskrivning / engelska
1916.9.222 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 mask carver appears to have been more precise in colour and tone variations than in the matter of iconography. The colour of the face suggests the use of stone minerals; gal sayam (Sin.), to produce the relevant colours; yellow and red. The resulting picture of the face may trick one to identify it as a clay mask. But an examination of the interior of the mask clearly reveals that is has been carved from Nux-vomica wood. However, iconographic precision has not been respected. Although the normal attributes of warrior masks, heva kolam (Sin.), such as wounds, swellings, gashes and leeches sticking to the face, are present, these are used for decorative purposes. The leeches carved on the forehead and on the chin are carved as external ornaments of this character. One cannot be certain that leeches eat the flesh of a man in an artistic manner. 2000 06 03 Dr. M. H. Goonatilleka
Land / engelska
Sri Lanka
Geografiskt namn / annat
Ceylon
Materialkategori
trä
Material
Material, engelska
wood
Bredd
Diameter
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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