Painted polychrome mask of Mahakolasanniya, chief disease-demon

Made:: 1771-1900 in Sri Lanka

Painted wooden mask with side panels, polychrome, representing Mahakolasanniya, chief disease-demon with heads of 18 attendant demons, damaged, arms broken off, from Sri Lanka, 1771-1900

Details

Category:: Asian Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A51293

Materials:: complete, not recorded and wood

Measurements:: overall: 1210 mm x 700 mm x 118 mm, 4.16 kg

type:: mask

credit:: Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)

Cite this page

Rights

We encourage the use and reuse of our collection data.

Data in the title, made, maker and details fields are released under Creative Commons Zero . Descriptions and all other text content are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence

Using our data

Download

Download catalogue entry as json

Download manifest IIIF

Our records are constantly being enhanced and improved, but please note that we cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information shown on this website.

Parts

Painted polychrome mask of Mahakolasanniya, chief disease-demon

Painted wooden mask with side panels, polychrome, representing, Mahakolasanniya, chief disease-demon with heads of 18 attendant demons, damaged, arms broken off, from Sri lanka, 1771-1900

Measurements:: overall: 1210 mm x 700 mm x 118 mm, 4.16 kg

Materials:: wood

Object Number:: A51293/1

type:: mask

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Right panel of painted polychrome mask of Mahakolasanniya, chief disease-demon

Right panel of painted wooden mask with side panels, polychrome, representing, Mahakolasanniya, chief disease-demon with heads of 18 attendant demons, damaged, arms broken off, from Sri lanka, 1771-1900

Materials:: wood

Object Number:: A51293/2

type:: mask

Left panel of painted polychrome mask of Mahakolasanniya, chief disease demon

Left panel of painted wooden mask with side panels, polychrome, representing, Mahakolasanniya, chief disease-demon with heads of 18 attendant demons, damaged, arms broken off, from Sri lanka, 1771-1900