1916.9.65
Name and identification of character
Kolam mask depicting the young drummer, podi panikkale (Sin.).
Context
The episode in Kolam known as Anabera Kolama (Sin.). (vide Preface).
Material
Wood, vel-kaduru (Sin.) (Nux vomica).
Iconography
The masks of the drummers are of different sizes depending on the position each character occupies within his group. The drummers wear turbans to keep their dishevelled hair in place. Normally the turban consists of a white piece of cloth tied tightly round the head, with the two folds hanging down from the sides. The drummer is old, as is revealed by the wrinkles .
Comments on the Umaluff Catalogue
The transliteration ¿Dantoberre kolam¿ is incorrect. Phonetically it should be ¿anabera kolam¿.
05 08 2000
Dr. M. H. Goonatilleka