Disease mask for healing rituals

Made:: Sri Lanka

maker:: Sinhalese people

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Painted wooden face masks worn during rituals. SCM - Oriental Medicine
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Wooden disease mask, in the form of a human face, worn during Sanni Yakuma exorcism ritual to banish demons associated with disease, Sinhalese, Sri Lanka

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Category:: Asian Medicine

Object Number:: A19437

Materials:: complete, wood

type:: ritual object

taxonomy:

furnishing and equipment
costume

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