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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