Carved sanni polychrome mask
- maker:
- Sinhalese people
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Carved wooden sanni mask, polychrome
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Carved wooden sanni mask, polychrome, worn in tovil dance to exorcise disease demon, possibly representing Amukku Sanniya, demon associated with vomiting and stomach diseases, Sinhalese, Sri Lanka, 1771-1910
Details
- Category:
- Asian Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A49017
- Materials:
- complete and wood (unidentified,kaduru or ruk-attana)
- Measurements:
-
overall: 223 mm x 176 mm x 115 mm, .24 kg
- type:
- mask
- credit:
- Moore Garrard
