Painted sanni mask from Tovil exorcising dance
- maker:
- Sinhalese people
Carved and painted wooden sanni mask, polychrome, representing brown-faced demon with twisted mouth and teeth, worn in tovil dance to exorcize particular disease, Sinhalese, Sri Lanka, 1771-1910. Probably represents Kora Sanniya, demon associated with lameness and paralysis.
Details
- Category:
- Asian Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A134257
- Materials:
- wood, kaduru or ruk-attana and display, metal, wire
- Measurements:
-
overall: 255 mm x 147 mm x 74 mm, .5 kg
- type:
- mask
- credit:
- Loan, Wellcome Trust
