Mask, Devil Dance, (Gurulu Rassaya)
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 - GURULU RASSAYA (BIRD GOD AS DEMON). PT.1: BIRD FACE WITH BULGING EYES. A SNAKE WRAPPED AROUND NOSE. PAINTED FEATHER-LIKE CARVINGS ON MASK. COLORS-DIFFERENT SHADES OF PRIMARY COLORS WITH BLACK, GREY, & WHITE. PT.2 AND PT.3: WING - LIKE SIDE ATTACHMENTS, SAME COLORS AS THE MASK. ACCORDING TO THE DONOR, "USED PRIMARILY IN KOLAM (PLAY ACTING WITH MASKS FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY) TODAY BUT IN THE PAST WAS USED IN DEVIL DANCING."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 25 Feb 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 3
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: E424092-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask