Mask, Devil Dance, (Maha-Kola-Sanni-Yaka)
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: DEVIL DANCE MASK - "MAHA-KOLA-SANNI-YAKA". LARGE WOODEN MASK - 4 PIECES. PT.1 FEMALE FIGURE WITH BLACK FACE, BULGING EYES, OPEN MOUTH WITH TEETH AND FANGS. HEADDRESS OF COBRA AND COBRA AT EACH SIDE OF FIGURE. RELIEF CARVINGS OF NUDE WOMEN ATTACHED TO BODY AND AROUND FEET. SWORD MISSING FROM HANDS, WHICH REACH OUT IN FRONT. VIBRANT COLORS - PINK ORANGE, GRAY, RED, YELLOW, GREEN, GOLD, WHITE, BLACK. PT.2 & PT.3: TWO SIDE ATTACHMENTS WITH 9 FACES EACH. TOP FACE PLEASANT FEMALE WITH 8 MASK-LIKE FACES BELOW (4 BELOW EACH EAR LOBE OF TOP FACE. LARGE, YELLOW FLOWER AT BOTTOM AND COBRA FORMING ONE SIDE. PT.4: SMALL PINK HEAD WITH BLACK HAIR COMING TO A POINT STRAIGHT UP. THIS WAS HELD IN ONE OF THE HANDS OF THE MAIN FIGURE, WHILE THE OTHER HAND HELD A SWORD (MISSING). ACCORDING TO THE DONOR, MOST OF DEVIL DANCING IS TO APPEASE THIS DEMON.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 25 Feb 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 4
place: label: Place
content: Sri Lanka, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Sri Lankan
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 364316
label: USNM Number
content: E424086-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask