1.3.02026-07-10mask (ansiktsmask), purnaka raksaRådata1023652objektStatens museer för världskultur - Etnografiska museetSMVK-EMFöremålhttp://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/objekt/10236521916.09.03401916.9.340 Name and identification of character A demon referred to as purnaka raksa (Sin.). Context Stage two in a Kolam performance. Material Wood, vel-kaduru (Sin.) (Nux vomica). Iconography The mouth is in the shape of an animal snout with whiskers painted in black lines. It is elongated and painted in red. The mouth is half-open with broad jaws, two sets of carnivorous teeth, two eye-teeth in the form of tusks, and a lapping tongue. The nostrils are drilled and turned upwards. Protruding eyes. The headdress is composed of six tall spires, which symbolise fire or flames. The eyebrows are shaped in three tiers decorated with petal motifs, pala peti (Sin.), in red, yellow, green and black. The ears are missing. Comments on the Umlauff Catalogue The phonetic rendering ¿Purenegge¿ is incorrect. 2000 07 18 Dr. M. H. GoonatillekaSri Lanka, CeylonFörvärvadAndersson, John FredrikBrukadSouth western coastal beltBrukadSingaleserTillverkadSouth-western coastal belt1870, 1900UrsprungAsien, Sri Lankaimage/jpeghttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-em/web/image/tn/1232791/1916.09.0340.jpghttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-em/web/image/zoom/1232790/1916.09.0340.jpghttp://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#byUppgift om fotograf saknasStatens museer för världskulturimage/jpeghttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-em/web/image/tn/1232884/1916.09.0340_bak.jpghttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-em/web/image/zoom/1232883/1916.09.0340_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/objekt/html/1023652http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/objekt/xml/1023652http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/objekt/rdf/1023652