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LicensePainted wooden mask, polychrome
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Painted face mask representing black character in Kolam play
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Painted wooden mask, polychrome, with discoid ear-pieces now detached and damaged, representing black-faced demon with cobra headdress, possibly worn at Kolam or Tovil performances, from Sri Lanka (formerly known as Ceylon), 1771-1910
Details
- Category:
- Asian Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A24850
- Measurements:
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overall: 254 mm x 160 mm 117 mm,
- type:
- mask
- credit:
- Moore Garrard
