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Kuba-Andersson
Anderson, John Francis
Andersson, John Frans
warrior
hevaya
soldier
painted
carved
1.3.0 2026-08-21 mask (ansiktsmask) Rådata 1023536 objekt Statens museer för världskultur - Etnografiska museet SMVK-EM Föremål http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/objekt/1023536 1916.09.0245 Grovt arbetad mask, målad med brunröd jordfärg. Turban vit. Haka kluven. [ocr] 1916.9.245 Name and identification of character Possibly 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 is partially carved and displays a rough surface texture. Chisel scrapings are noticed. The colour on the face is not clear. It appears to be the colour of the raw wood. The eyes are not properly shaped. A headpiece with two bumps on the sides and spire-like wood splinters are fixed. Black paint has been rubbed on the face to indicate a moustache. 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/1493508/image.jpg https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-em/web/image/zoom/1493507/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/1023536 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/objekt/xml/1023536 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/objekt/rdf/1023536
Beskrivning
Grovt arbetad mask, målad med brunröd jordfärg. Turban vit. Haka kluven. [ocr]
Beskrivning / engelska
1916.9.245 Name and identification of character Possibly 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 is partially carved and displays a rough surface texture. Chisel scrapings are noticed. The colour on the face is not clear. It appears to be the colour of the raw wood. The eyes are not properly shaped. A headpiece with two bumps on the sides and spire-like wood splinters are fixed. Black paint has been rubbed on the face to indicate a moustache. 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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