<?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>2026-08-21</pres:buildDate><pres:itemLabel>mask (ansiktsmask), ratnakuta rassaya</pres:itemLabel><pres:dataQuality>Rådata</pres:dataQuality><pres:id>1023632</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/1023632</pres:entityUri><pres:idLabel>1916.09.0292</pres:idLabel><pres:description xml:lang="sv">Mask, naga rasse.</pres:description><pres:content>(Ormdjävul). Rött ansikte med gula ögonlock. Den breda munnen uppdragen till öronen. Ormarnas vindlingL ar bilda ett karakteristiskt pannband. De båda yttre ormarna gröna med vita i rött bandade mittlinjer. De inre ormarna röda med gula i grönt bandade mittlinjer. Öron saknas. Höjd: 44 cm. Bredd: 28 cm. [ocr], 1916.9.292

Name and identification of character
A demon character referred to as the ratna-kuta raksa (Sin.).

Context
A demon character in stage two in a Kolam performance.

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

Iconography
The face is broad and painted in red. The head-dress consists of four cobra-hoods painted in red and blue. It is an ornamented piece in which the cobra coils form a turban, or jatava (Sin.). The wide mouth takes the form of an animal's snout. The mouth is half-open. The two rows of teeth are painted in white. There is a space between the two rows through which the dancer can see. The normal iconographical features, such as goggle eyes and ornamented eyebrows, displaying conventionalised artistry, are noticed in the mask.

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Dr. M. H. Goonatilleka, Sri Lanka, Ceylon</pres:content><pres:context><pres:event xml:lang="sv">Förvärvad</pres:event><pres:nameLabel xml:lang="sv">Andersson, John Fredrik</pres:nameLabel></pres:context><pres:context><pres:event xml:lang="sv">Brukad</pres:event><pres:placeLabel xml:lang="sv">South western coastal belt</pres:placeLabel></pres:context><pres:context><pres:event xml:lang="sv">Brukad</pres:event><pres:nameLabel xml:lang="sv">Singaleser</pres:nameLabel></pres:context><pres:context><pres:event xml:lang="sv">Tillverkad</pres:event><pres:placeLabel xml:lang="sv">South-western coastal belt</pres:placeLabel><pres:timeLabel>1870, 1900</pres:timeLabel></pres:context><pres:context><pres:event xml:lang="sv">Ursprung</pres:event><pres:placeLabel xml:lang="sv">Asien, Sri Lanka</pres:placeLabel></pres:context><pres:image><pres:mediaType>image/jpeg</pres:mediaType><pres:src type="thumbnail">https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-em/web/image/tn/1493668/image.jpg</pres:src><pres:src type="lowres">https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-em/web/image/zoom/1493667/image.jpg</pres:src><pres:mediaLicense>http://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#by</pres:mediaLicense><pres:byline xml:lang="sv">Uppgift om fotograf saknas</pres:byline><pres:copyright xml:lang="sv">Statens museer för världskultur</pres:copyright></pres:image><pres:references><pres:reference>http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/samling/1021162</pres:reference><pres:reference>http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/name/1022981</pres:reference><pres:reference>http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q932244</pres:reference></pres:references><pres:representations><pres:representation format="HTML">http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/objekt/html/1023632</pres:representation><pres:representation format="XML">http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/objekt/xml/1023632</pres:representation><pres:representation format="RDF">http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/objekt/rdf/1023632</pres:representation></pres:representations></pres:item>