Kolam or Sokari performance devil mask and ear-pieces, 1801-1920

Made:: 1801-1920 in Sri Lanka

Large painted wooden devil mask, polychrome, covered with sticky varnish, representing reddish-brown faced demon with twining cobra headdress, cobras being devoured by eagles, ear-pieces in form of lotus discs and cobras, associated with kolam or sokari performance, unsigned, Sri Lanka, 1801-1920

Details

Category:: Asian Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A134253

Materials:: wood, kaduru or rum-attana or eramdu

type:: mask

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