Mask, Kolam, (Mudali)
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, MUDALI (HIGH GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL). BROWNISH-YELLOW COLORED FACE. LARGE EYES. PAINTED ON BLACK HAIR, SIDE BURNS AND CURLED MUSTACHE. CLOSED MOUTH. LOW, SEMI-CIRCULAR WOODEN RIDGE ON TOP OF HEAD. 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: 30 Jul 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: E424122-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask