<?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 xml:lang="sv">mask (ansiktsmask)</pres:itemLabel><pres:dataQuality>Rådata</pres:dataQuality><pres:id>1024470</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/1024470</pres:entityUri><pres:idLabel>1916.09.0308</pres:idLabel><pres:description xml:lang="sv">Ansikte svart. ögonbryn och t ögonskaft vita, liksom det stora ormhuvudet. Underkäke rörlig. I överkäker stora huggtänder. Små djuröron. De egentliga öronskivorna har gått förlorade. Höjd: 26 cm. Bredd: 15 cm. [ocr]</pres:description><pres:content>Mask, garu kolan., 1916.9.308

Name and identification of character
A demon character called kila gara rassa (Sin.).

Context
A lesser character of the Gara group appearing in the finale of demon and god rituals, and in Kolam.

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

Iconography
The mask is of the smaller Gara variety. It has a spread out cobra-hood as its head-piece. The cobra has shed its skin, only the overlapping scales remain. There are three smaller cobras on both sides of the forehead band. The eyes are bulging. The nose is asymmetric with the dimensions of the small Gara mask. There is a holy spot, tilaka (Sin.), the eyes. The mouth is broad and has a moveable lower jaw. The two rows of teeth and two eye-teeth are visible.

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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 of Sri Lanka</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/1493728/image.jpg</pres:src><pres:src type="lowres">https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-em/web/image/zoom/1493727/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/1024470</pres:representation><pres:representation format="XML">http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/objekt/xml/1024470</pres:representation><pres:representation format="RDF">http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/objekt/rdf/1024470</pres:representation></pres:representations></pres:item>