Large painted wooden devil mask
- Made:
- 1771-1920
Large painted wooden devil mask, polychrome, representing red-faced demon with cobra conopied headdress and cobra ear-pieces, Nagarassa, associated with kolam performance, from Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon), 1771-1920
Details
- Category:
- Asian Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A231365
- Materials:
- wood, kadura or ruk-attana
- type:
- masks
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)