1916.9.115
Name and identification of character
The identification of this mask is not clear. The mask is perhaps depicting a stock character appearing in the story portion in Kolam.
Material
Wood, vel-kaduru (Sin.) (Nux vomica).
Iconography
The basic facial pigmentation reveals the feature of a male character. The paint appears to have been erased and a new coating is given on top of the first one.
Comments on the Umlauff Catalogue
The identification of the mask as ¿Kutta (zwerg)¿ is incorrect both phonetically and in translation.
2000 07 11
Dr. M. H. Goonatilleka