Demon mask

Description

Mask used in the Sinhalese mask play Yakun-Natanava, made of Kaduru wood painted red with forehead details in yellow, green and red, the front elaborately worked while the back is left crudely finished, representing a Sanni demon and used in mask dances to avert or exorcise disease: Sri Lanka

Museum reference

A.1905.82.1

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Demon mask

Production information

Sri Lanka, South Asia

Style / Culture

Sinhalese

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

Physical description

Kaduru wood painted red, with forehead details in yellow, green and red; protective lacquer surface

References

Hoepfner, Gerd, Masken aus Ceylon, Berlin, 1969