Mask

A1820

From: Sri Lanka (uncertain)

Curatorial Section: Asian

Object Number A1820
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Sinhalese
Provenience Sri Lanka (uncertain)
Section Asian
Materials Wood
Technique Painted
Description

Wood. Painted ( red, black, white, yellow). Large face with bulging eyes, two curved fangs and eleven other teeth showing. Slits beneath mask eyes for wearer to see through. Two round ears attached at sides of face ( painted with floral pattern). Face surmounted by smaller human face flanked by two hooded cobras.

Credit Line Purchased from Samuel T. Freeman & Company, 1928
Other Number 296 - Dealer's Number

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