1916.9.195
Name and identification of character
A tiger, kotiya (Sin.).
Context
An animal character appearing in the story portion, Gon-koti Kathava (Sin.), in Kolam.
Material
Wood, vel-kaduru (Sin.) (Nux vomica).
Iconography
A naturalistic animal mask with a round face (cf. Höpfner, 1969:75). The mouth is agape revealing the inside. The upper row of teeth, including two canine teeth, is in a semi-circular shape. The face is mottled, covered with spots in red, black and white. Excessive ornamentation is lacking. There are no ears, but slots indicate where ears have been, or should be, fixed.
Comments on the Umlauff Catalogue
The Sinhala word kotiya, tiger, is misspelled as ¿chodya¿ in the Umaluff Catalogue.
2000 06 07
Dr. M. H. Goonatilleka