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Carved and painted, wooden face mask, representing red faced demon, worn during Kolam or Tovil performances to exorcise disease demons, Sri Lanka, 1771-1900
Details
- Category:
- Asian Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A69307
- Materials:
- hook, metal and wood, kaduru or ruk-attana
- type:
- mask
- taxonomy:
-
- furnishing and equipment
- costume
