Collection

Painted face mask

Made:: 1771-1900 in Sri Lanka

maker:: Sinhalese people

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Painted wooden face mask, green with polychrome detail, representing plump checked smiling face, lips closed, Sinhalese(?), 1771-1900

Details

Category:: Asian Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A172401

Materials:: complete, iron and wood

type:: mask

taxonomy:

furnishing and equipment
costume

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