Mask, Kolam, (Soldier)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 10 Aug 1989
label: Collection Date
content: 1981 to 1982
name: label: Collector
content: Jason Schoonover
label: Donor Name
content: Jason Schoonover
notes: label: Notes
content: KOLAM MASK, (SOLDIER). WORN, SKELETON-LIKE FACE, BLACK AROUND THE EDGE, WHITE IN CENTER WITH RED HIGHLIGHTS AROUND MOUTH AND EYE SOCKETS. VERY PROMINENT, PROTRUDING TEETH. EYES MISSING. CIRCULAR IMPRESSION IN CENTER OF FOREHEAD. ACCORDING TO THE DONOR, "KOLAM IS A DRAMATIC PERFORMANCE IN WHICH ACTOR/DANCERS WEAR MASKS. THE PURPOSE IS FOR ENTERTAINMENT ONLY. PERFORMANCES CENTER AROUND AMBALANGODA AND BENTARA IN THE SOUTHWEST OF SRI LANKA."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 13 Aug 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Sri Lanka, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 364316
label: USNM Number
content: E424129-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask