Painted polychrome wooden mask with separate side panels

Painted polychrome wooden mask with separate side panels, representing Mahakolasanniya, chief disease demon, with victims and heads of 18 attendant demons, from Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon), panels secured by metal pins, 1771-1900

Details

Category:
Asian Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A35474
Materials:
wood, kaduru or ruk-attana, hook, metal, screw-rings, metal and pins, brass
type:
masks
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)