Painted polychrome wooden mask with side panels, representing Mahakolasanniya, chief disease-demon, with victims and heads of attendant demons, worn during Sanni Yakuma exorcism ritual, Sri Lanka, 1771-1885
Details
- Category:
- Asian Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A5573
- Materials:
- wood, brackets and hooks, brass, brackets and hooks, iron and string, fibre
- Measurements:
-
overall approx: 992 mm x 738 mm 4.2 kg
- type:
- mask
- credit:
- Glendining
