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Name and identification of character
A villager, gamayek (Sin.).
Context
The story portion in Kolam.
Material
Wood, vel-kaduru (Sin.) (Nux vomica).
Iconography
The face is painted in greenish yellow. The nose is flat, the mouth closed and the lips rubbed with black paint. The ears are crudely cut and separately fixed. A new coating has been given to the face, thereby obliterating from view a part of the beard. There are tool dents on the face, which indicate rough use.
Damages
The left ear is damaged.
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Dr. M. H. Goonatilleka