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Carved side-piece for mask, wooden, polychrome painted in form of twined snakes one a cobra with extended hood, possibly associated with Kolam or Tovil performances, from Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon), 1771-1920
Details
- Category:
- Asian Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A657019
- Materials:
- incomplete, wood and raffia
- Measurements:
-
overall: 395 mm x 205 mm
- type:
- mask
