Mask
About this object
History of use
Mask from Kolam drama, a narrative folk drama. European man is part of a couple whose function is to provide humour.
Cultural context
folk drama
Iconographic meaning
Narrow, relatively flat eyes, dark cream coloured skin indicates European man
Physical description
Mask of human face with painted dark brown hair that is parted at the centre, thin arched brown eyebrows, narrow brown eyes with a crescent-shaped opening beneath each, a straight and pointed nose with large nostrils, and red lips. Ears are attached at either side, and piece of plant fibre twine is strung through holes at either side of the mask.
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