Painted wooden face mask

Made:
1771-1900 in Sri Lanka
Painted wooden face mask, yellow with polychrome detail

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Painted wooden face mask, yellow with polychrome detail
Science Museum Group Collection
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Painted wooden face mask, yellow with polychrome detail, representing man with crudely painted moustache and goatee wearing sari-like headdress, Sinhalese, Sri Lanka, 1771-1900

Details

Category:
Asian Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A30158
Materials:
wood, kaduru or ruk-attana
type:
masks