Mask from Kolam masked play

Made:: 1771-1920 in Sri Lanka

maker:: Sinhalese people

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Carved wooden mask, polychrome painted
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Carved wooden mask, polychrome painted, representing animal head, probably boar, with 4 peg teeth, possibly worn during kolam masked play associated with exocism of disease demons, from Breton and Eluard collection, Sinhalese, Sri Lanka, 1771-1920

Details

Category:: Asian Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A97197

Materials:: complete, wood and fibre

Measurements:: overall: 178 mm x 114 mm

type:: mask

credit:: Hotel Drouot (Paris)

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