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MaskEh26

Maha Kola Sanni Yaka healing mask, depicting a central figure wearing a headdress composed of five snakes and with long fang-like teeth holding an orange creature and standing on a dark red-brown smiling head (part a). The top figure has two detachable disc-shaped earpieces (parts b and c) with a floral motif. The central figure is flanked by two detachable segments (parts d and e) composed of two columns of four multi-coloured heads and the topmost column of one yellow head. At the top is a cobra whose body extends over the heads and down the outer side to the floral design element at the bottom. A label on the reverse of one of the side attachments reads, "MAHA-KOLA-SANNI-YAKKA: demon of 18 apparitions."

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
nux vomica wood ? and paint
Made in
Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskEh14

Mask depicting Ginijala Sanniya (who represents fever and shivering) which has a dark red face with bulging eyes with crescent-shaped slits under each, eyebrows in white on black, a small nose with flared nostrils, and a grimacing mouth with red lips and white teeth bordered in black. There are three horizontal white lines at the centre of the forehead, and two diagonal white lines on each cheek. A thin strip of green and brown fabric is strung through three holes at the edges of the mask: one at the top of the head, and two either side of the mask. Label on reverse of mask reads, "GINIJALA SANNI: Fever & shivering, " in typewritten characters, and "24" handwritten in blue ink.

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
nux vomica wood ?, cotton fibre ?, paint and dye
Made in
Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskEh11

Mask representing a village husband character (kolam mask) with a pink face, a low forehead with a flat top, painted black hair and eyebrows. The large eyes each have a crescent-shaped slit under them, and the nose is long, straight and narrow with small, indented nostrils. The mouth is closed with thin red lips. The ears are each made of a piece of cut rubber (?) that has been cut at the centre and the resulting corners bent inwards slightly to make each concave. There is a small hole on each side, behind the ears. A label on the reverse reads, "KOLAM MASK village husband," in typewritten characters, and "41" in pencil.

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
paint, wood and rubber ?
Made in
Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskEh10

Mask possibly depicting Gulma Sanniya (representing parasitic worms, lack of apetite, or swelling of the abdomen) that has been painted orange-pink with black hair and eyebrows. On the high forehead there are three horizontal grooved lines in the centre. The eyes are large, well defined and round, and are thinly outlined in black. The nose is wide and protruding with large nostrils, and the mask also has a wide open mouth with downturned corners and showing two rows of teeth. Under each eye is a crescent-shaped slit. A faded blue cloth strap, perhaps a shoestring (?) that is tied through holes on either side of the mask. A label adhered to the reverse has a typed inscription which says, "(Possibly) GULMA SANNI: parasitic worms" and has "25" written beside the typed text.

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
paint, wood, fibre and dye
Made in
Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskEh7

Mask depicting the rounded and lined face of a middle-aged village woman (kolam mask). The mask has a low forehead terminating just above the hairline and extending in shelf-like projection (unpainted with rough surface) towards the inner side of the mask. The face is pink, the hair, eyebrows, pupils, and rims of the eyes are painted black, the protruding lips are red, and the teeth and remainder of the eyes are painted off-white. Black dot directly below hair part. Directly below each eye is a hole. The nose is a sharp, narrow, triangular shape with flared nostrils.

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
nux vomica wood ?
Made in
Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskEh28

Mask with a slightly elongated, humanoid face with fibre hair held in place by nails and a dark red face. The mask also has exaggerated features: a protruding nose, ears, and pointed chin as well as bulging eyes with large black irises and a crescent-shaped slit beneath each eye. Black lines are used to define eyebrows and nostrils, and wrinkles in low relief on forehead and at the corners of the eyes. The mask's open mouth displays two square white teeth protruding from the upper lip. On the reverse a screw eye is inserted in the top of the head behind the hair, and there are two twined strings, each attached to the hair at either end of the head.

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
metal, wood, paint, plant fibre and fibre
Made in
Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskEh2

Mask depicting a prince figure (kolam mask) with an elongated pink face, a wrinkled brow, high arched black eyebrows, wide eyes with a crescent-shaped slit under each, a narrow protruding nose, small ears, and a small open mouth with an upper set of teeth showing. The prince figure is wearing a lobed grey-white crown with a red border and red design of dots in concentric circles on the narrower centre lobe of the crown. Holes at either side of the mask, and in the chin. Loop of coarse twine tied through screw eye on reverse. A label on the reverse reads, "PRINCE: Kolam, " in typewritten characters, and "44" handwritten in blue ink.

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
wood, paint and plant fibre
Made in
Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskEh25

Mask with humanoid face that is orange brown with thin black eyebrows, a thick black moustache with long pointed ends, a black beard, protruding eyes that are flat and angled downwards, protruding pointed cheeks, and a rounded opem mouth showing two rows of teeth. At the top of the head is a turban carved in relief with three wrapped folds, green fading to yellow at the edges. Twine is threaded through a hole on either side of the face, and is attached to nail at the top. An inscription in blue pencil on the reverse reads, "23 TIG No. 36" with the 36 crossed out.

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
plant fibre, paint, wood and gesso
Made in
Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskEh24

Mask depicting an ovoid-shaped green humanoid face. Wide open mouth, red lips, and white teeth outlined in black with one missing tooth. Holes below each eye. Rounded raised ridges that are painted red run vertically down the cheeks. Two slightly narrower red ridges begin at each mouth corner and extend out horizontally. The ears are green with red trim, and the thin eyebrows are black. The nose has a wide bridge and large nostrils. Black plainted hair, moustache, and beard.

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
paint, gesso and wood
Made in
Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskEh31

Mask depicting a male humanoid face surmounted by a green male figure at the centre with his arms around two female humanoid figures on either side. The face is dark green with protruding eyes below which are crescent-shaped holes, arching eyebrows with a petal motif design, a protruding snake's head between the eyes, a nose with a bent bridge and wide flaring nostrils, a wide open mouth with red curved lips exposing gums and two rows of gray/white teeth, and small ears. The female figures each have dark pink skin, black hair and eyes, breast covers and full-length skirts with a floral design in dark red and black.

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
wood
Made in
Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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