Mask, Kolam, (The Black Man)
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, (THE BLACK MAN). CONSISTING OF A CARVED WOODEN MOUTH WITH TEETH. IN TWO SECTIONS CONNECTED BY WIRE. GUMS-FADED RED, TEETH WHITE. ACCORDING TO THE DONOR, "RARELY DOES ONE SEE A MASK THAT DEVIATES FROM THE TRADITIONAL PATTERN. THIS MASK IS ONE SUCH, REPRESENTING IN CARICATURE THE WHOLE." 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: 2 Jul 2019
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: E424124-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask