<?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>mask (ansiktsmask), polis inspekter, police inspector</pres:itemLabel><pres:dataQuality>Rådata</pres:dataQuality><pres:id>1023554</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/1023554</pres:entityUri><pres:idLabel>1916.09.0102</pres:idLabel><pres:description xml:lang="sv">Mask, hatti (soldat).</pres:description><pres:content>Ansikte gult med polisonger. Hatt svart med rött brätte. Höjd: 36 cm. Bredd: 25 cm. [ocr], 1916.9.102

Name and identification of character
An inspector in the British police force, inspekter (Sin.).

Context
The dance of the policemen, called Polis Kolam (Sin.).

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

Iconography
The head-dress is in the form of a sun helmet, representing the head-dress of a British policeman of a higher rank. It is shaped like the broad brimmed hat, which was worn by British superintendents of the tea-estates in Sri Lanka. The hat is painted in black and red.

Comments on the Umlauff Catalogue
The identification of the mask as ¿Hatti (soldat)¿ is wrong phonetically as well as in meaning.

2000 07 10
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