Painted polychrome mask
- maker:
- Sinhalese people
Painted wooden face mask, polychrome, representing young man with moustache wearing fez, said to cure kalaazar fever, Sinhalese, Sri Lanka, 1771-1860
Details
- Category:
- Asian Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A665551
- Materials:
- paint, complete, wood (kaduru or ruk-attana) and wire
- Measurements:
-
overall: 262 mm x 201 mm x 130 mm, .52 kg
- type:
- mask
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)
