Polychrome painted face mask
- maker:
- Sinhalese people
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Painted wooden face-mask yellow with polychrome detail, representing bearded young man with fez, said to cure malaria, Sinhalese, Sri Lanka, 1771-1860
Details
- Category:
- Asian Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A657022
- Materials:
- wood, kuduru or ruk-attana, hook, metal and nail, metal
- Measurements:
-
overall: 320 mm x 175 mm
- type:
- mask
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)
