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Anderson, John Francis
Andersson, John Frans
warrior
hevaya
soldier
painted
carved
1.3.0 2026-08-21 mask (ansiktsmask) Rådata 1023526 objekt Statens museer för världskultur - Etnografiska museet SMVK-EM Föremål http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/objekt/1023526 1916.09.0235 Ansikte körsbärsrött: Huvudet upptill grönt (hår). Sjukliga djuptliggande' ögon med långdragna pupiller. Näsryggen kluven. Den sneda munnen upptar ansiktets hela bredd. Höjd: 21 cm. Bredd: 15 cm. [ocr] 1916.9.235 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 has unusual combinations. For instance, the hair on the head is green. The normal attributes of a warrior mask are not visible. The cheeks are swollen, which is a characteristic of the masks of the Sanni variety. The mask is rectangular with a demonic looking mouth. The eyes are gloomy and lack the vigour normally noticed in warrior masks. 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/1493476/image.jpg https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-em/web/image/zoom/1493475/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/1023526 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/objekt/xml/1023526 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/objekt/rdf/1023526
Beskrivning
Ansikte körsbärsrött: Huvudet upptill grönt (hår). Sjukliga djuptliggande' ögon med långdragna pupiller. Näsryggen kluven. Den sneda munnen upptar ansiktets hela bredd. Höjd: 21 cm. Bredd: 15 cm. [ocr]
Beskrivning / engelska
1916.9.235 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 has unusual combinations. For instance, the hair on the head is green. The normal attributes of a warrior mask are not visible. The cheeks are swollen, which is a characteristic of the masks of the Sanni variety. The mask is rectangular with a demonic looking mouth. The eyes are gloomy and lack the vigour normally noticed in warrior masks. 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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