Polychrome mask representing Mahakolasanniya, chief disease-demon

Made:
1771-1910 in Sri Lanka
maker:
Sinhalese people

Painted wooden mask, polychrome, with side panels, representing Mahakolasanniya, chief disease-demon with victims and 18 attendant demons, damaged, arms missing, Sinhalese, 1771-1910

Details

Category:
Asian Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A230017
Materials:
incomplete, not recorded and wood
Measurements:
overall: 1100 mm x 450 mm
type:
mask
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)

Parts

Polychrome mask representing Mahakolasanniya, chief disease-demon

Polychrome mask representing Mahakolasanniya, chief disease-demon

Painted wooden mask, polychrome, with side panels, representing Mahakolasanniya, chief disease-demon with victims and 18 attendant demons, damaged, arms missing, Sinhalese, 1771-1910

Measurements:
overall: 1100 mm x 450 mm
Materials:
wood
Object Number:
A230017/1
type:
mask
Right panel of polychrome mask representing Mahakolasanniya, chief disease-demon

Right panel of polychrome mask representing Mahakolasanniya, chief disease-demon

Right panel of painted wooden mask, polychrome, with side panels, representing Mahakolasanniya, chief disease-demon with victims and 18 attendant demons, damaged, arms missing, Sinhalese, 1771-1910

Materials:
wood
Object Number:
A230017/2
type:
mask
Left panel of polychrome mask representing Mahakolasanniya, chief disease-demon

Left panel of polychrome mask representing Mahakolasanniya, chief disease-demon

Left panel of painted wooden mask, polychrome, with side panels, representing Mahakolasanniya, chief disease-demon with victims and 18 attendant demons, damaged, arms missing, Sinhalese, 1771-1910

Materials:
wood
Object Number:
A230017/3
type:
mask