mask

1916.9.206

Name and identification of character
A bull/bullock/ox.

Context
An animal character in the story portion in Kolam.

Material
Wood, vel-kaduru (Sin.) (Nux vomica).

Iconography
The snout is white in colour. It has the normal bo-leaf (the leaf of a sacred fig tree) patterned decoration; two bo-leaves, one in black and the other in grey, overlapping each other. A strong nose, prominently…