1.3.02026-07-10mask (ansiktsmask), Vädda king, Vädi kankanama, Vädda overseer, Vädi rajaRådata1023393objektStatens museer för världskultur - Etnografiska museetSMVK-EMFöremålhttp://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/objekt/10233931916.09.0164Mask, verdi kolan (vilde).Mörkgrönt ansikte med bred, platt näsa. Öronprydnader och pannband gula. Den höga frygiska mössan randig i gult och rött. Höjd: 49 cm. Bredd: 22 cm. [ocr], 1916.9.164 Name and identification of character The king of the Väddas, Vädi raja (Sin.). The mask can also be used to portray the chief overseer of the Vädda king, Vädi kankanama (Sin.). Context Kolam. Material Wood, vel-kaduru (Sin.) (Nux vomica). Iconography The headgear is in the shape of a dome. The headgear of a king is normally tall and has tiers; this one is not so tall and lacks tiers. It represents the headgear of king of a low rank. The headgear has several wooden spires rising up from the forehead band connecting at the top. The spires are painted in red and yellow and decorated with angular lines in black. The dome-shaped border is decorated with geometric patterns drawn in black. The face is painted in blue. The ears are pierced with inserted pendulous earrings, toduva (Sin.), in yellow. Dr. M. H. Goonatilleka, Sri Lanka, CeylonFörvärvadAndersson, John FredrikBrukadSouth western coastal beltBrukadSingaleserTillverkadSouth-western coastal belt1870, 1900UrsprungAsien, Sri Lankaimage/jpeghttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-em/web/image/tn/1493204/image.jpghttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-em/web/image/zoom/1493203/image.jpghttp://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#byUppgift om fotograf saknasStatens museer för världskulturhttp://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/samling/1021162http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/name/1022981http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q932244http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/objekt/html/1023393http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/objekt/xml/1023393http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/objekt/rdf/1023393