Polychrome mask representing Mahakolasanniya, chief disease-demon
Painted wooden mask, polychrome, with side panels, representing Mahakolasanniya, chief disease-demon with victims and 18 attendant demons, damaged, arms missing, Sinhalese, 1771-1910
Polychrome mask representing Mahakolasanniya, chief disease-demon
- maker:
- Sinhalese people
Painted wooden mask, polychrome, with side panels, representing Mahakolasanniya, chief disease-demon with victims and 18 attendant demons, damaged, arms missing, Sinhalese, 1771-1910
Details
- Category:
- Asian Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A230017
- Materials:
- incomplete, not recorded and wood
- Measurements:
-
overall: 1100 mm x 450 mm
- type:
- mask
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)
Parts
Right panel of polychrome mask representing Mahakolasanniya, chief disease-demon
Right panel of painted wooden mask, polychrome, with side panels, representing Mahakolasanniya, chief disease-demon with victims and 18 attendant demons, damaged, arms missing, Sinhalese, 1771-1910
Left panel of polychrome mask representing Mahakolasanniya, chief disease-demon
Left panel of painted wooden mask, polychrome, with side panels, representing Mahakolasanniya, chief disease-demon with victims and 18 attendant demons, damaged, arms missing, Sinhalese, 1771-1910
