<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><pres:item xmlns:pres="http://kulturarvsdata.se/presentation#"><pres:version>1.3.0</pres:version><pres:buildDate>2026-07-10</pres:buildDate><pres:itemLabel xml:lang="sv">mask (ansiktsmask)</pres:itemLabel><pres:dataQuality>Rådata</pres:dataQuality><pres:id>1023383</pres:id><pres:service>objekt</pres:service><pres:organization xml:lang="sv">Statens museer för världskultur - Etnografiska museet</pres:organization><pres:organizationShort>SMVK-EM</pres:organizationShort><pres:type xml:lang="sv">Föremål</pres:type><pres:entityUri>http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/objekt/1023383</pres:entityUri><pres:idLabel>1916.09.0154</pres:idLabel><pres:description xml:lang="sv">Mask, verdi kolan (vilde).</pres:description><pres:content>Ansikte mörkgrönt. I pannan ett rött märke (kasttecken Nama). öron i höjd med ögon-vinklarna endast antydda. Höjd: 25 cm. Bredd: 16 cm. [ocr], 1916.9.154

Name and identification of character
A forest-dwelling hunter, Vädda.

Context
The mask is worn in two contexts: 1. As a Vädda in the story of Maname, Maname kathava (Sin.), in Kolam. 2. As Vädi Sanniya in the demon-dancing ceremony associated with the Sanni (also referred to as Daha-ata Sanniya). The mask represents bubonic plague. 

Material
Wood, vel-kaduru (Sin.) (Nux vomica).

Iconography
An elongated face painted in dark green. The forehead is swollen, as a consequence of the bubonic plague. A few indistinct signs are drawn on the forehead; possibly a signature. Small, loosely fitted ears, carved in the shape of leaf-cups. 

2000 05 03
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