1916.9.64
Name and identification of character
The mask is not easily identifiable. It is possibly representing the drummer, anabera or panikkale (Sin.), but the two teeth and the wrinkles drawn on the cheeks resemble the face of the drummer's wife Nonchi.
Context
The episode known as Anabera Kolama (Sin.) (vide Preface)
Material
Wood, vel-kaduru (Sin.) (Nux vomica).
Iconography
A slight indication of a turban, but not correctly sculpted (cf. Nonchi). The face is painted grey. Two miserable teeth in a gaping mouth.
Comments on the Umaluff Catalogue
The transliteration ¿Dantoberre kolam¿ is incorrect. Phonetically it should be ¿anabera kolam¿.
2000 03 16
Dr. M. H. Goonatilleka