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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