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Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Painted wooden face masks worn during rituals. SCM - Oriental Medicine
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
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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Science Museum: Medicine: The Wellcome Galleries
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Details
- Category:
- Asian Medicine
- Object Number:
- A19437
- type:
- ritual object
- taxonomy:
-
- furnishing and equipment
- costume
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