1.3.02026-08-21mask (ansiktsmask)Rådata1023505objektStatens museer för världskultur - Etnografiska museetSMVK-EMFöremålhttp://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/objekt/10235051916.09.0214Heve ,Kölån. Rött ansikte. Ur talrika bölder flyter grågrönt var. Höjd: 35 cm. Bredd: 25 cm. [ocr]1916.9.214 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 are made to 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 face has a reddish colour. The eyes are turned upwards. The leeches stuck on the face look like decorative pieces; the two leeches on the forehead assume the form of an arch or an ornamented portico. The leeches issuing from the nostrils and the chin have been carved in the shape of side-whiskers. The lower lip is split in the middle. 2000 06 03 Dr. M. H. Goonatilleka, Sri Lanka, CeylonFörvärvadAndersson, John FredrikBrukadSouth western coastal beltBrukadSingaleserTillverkadSouth-western coastal belt1870, 1900UrsprungAsien, Sri LankaLånadMedicinhistoriska museet, Stockholmimage/jpeghttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-em/web/image/tn/1232019/1916.09.0214.jpghttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-em/web/image/zoom/1232018/1916.09.0214.jpghttp://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#byUppgift om fotograf saknasStatens museer för världskulturimage/jpeghttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-em/web/image/tn/1232013/1916.09.0214_bak.jpghttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-em/web/image/zoom/1232012/1916.09.0214_bak.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/name/2109752http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/objekt/html/1023505http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/objekt/xml/1023505http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/objekt/rdf/1023505