Painted wooden mask, polychrome, with discoid ear-pieces now detached and damaged, representing black-faced demon with cobra headdress, possibly worn at Kolam or Tovil performances, from Sri Lanka (formerly known as Ceylon), 1771-1910
Details
- Category:
- Asian Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A24850
- Measurements:
-
overall: 254 mm x 160 mm 117 mm,
- type:
- mask
- credit:
- Moore Garrard