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Painted wooden face masks worn during rituals. SCM - Oriental Medicine
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London.
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London.
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London.
Painted wooden face mask, yellow with polychrome detail, representing Deva Sanniya, demon associated with epidemic diseases, inscription inside associates it with smallpox, Sinhalese, Sri Lanka, 1771-1860
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Science Museum: Medicine: The Wellcome Galleries
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- Category:
- Asian Medicine
- Object Number:
- A62942
- type:
- mask
- taxonomy:
-
- furnishing and equipment
- costume
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