Side-panels of mask representing Mahakolasanniya, chief disease demon

Made:
1771-1900 in Sri Lanka

Side-panels only of painted wooden mask representing Mahakolasanniya, chief disease demon, with 18 attendant demons, polychrome, from Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon), 1771-1900

Details

Category:
Asian Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A87873
Materials:
incomplete, wood and metal
Measurements:
overall: 752 mm x 240 mm
type:
mask
credit:
Puttick and Simpson Limited