Polychrome mask with demonic faces

Made:
Before 1921 in Sri Lanka
maker:
Unknown

Carved wooden mask, polychrome, showing 4 demonic faces surmounted by a crown of cobras, worn in kolam dance, Sri Lanka

Details

Category:
Asian Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A8649
Materials:
wood
Measurements:
overall: 565 mm x 370 mm x 210 mm, 2.62 kg
type:
mask
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)

Parts

Polychrome mask with demonic faces

Polychrome mask with demonic faces

Carved wooden mask, polychrome, showing 4 demonic faces surmounted by a crown of cobras, worn in kolam dance, Sri Lanka

Measurements:
overall: 565 mm x 370 mm x 210 mm, 2.62 kg
Materials:
wood
Object Number:
A8649/1
type:
mask
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Polychrome mask with demonic faces

Polychrome mask with demonic faces

Detatched part from carved wooden mask, polychrome, in the shape of a cobra. 1 of 2

Object Number:
A8649/2
type:
mask
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Polychrome mask with demonic faces

Polychrome mask with demonic faces

Detatched part from carved wooden mask, polychrome, in the shape of a cobra. 1 of 2

Object Number:
A8649/3
type:
mask
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

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