Mask

Mask represents the old village husband , Pannikale, one of a set of stock characters used in the prelude to the Kolam dance dramas. The dramas are performed by local residents in rural areas at social gatherings, and are used for satire and social comment

folk drama

Two buck teeth and wrinkles indicate this is the old village husband, pannikale

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.