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MaskEh116

Mask depicting an astrologer with a yellow humanoid male face surmounted by a green turban that has a red and white floral pattern. The mask has bulging upward looking eyes with red rims and a crescent-shaped slit below each, thin black eyebrows, a black moustache with slightly upturned ends, a straight nose with a pointed tip and flared red nostrils, a short chin, and a slightly open mouth with thick red lips and two rows of white teeth. Incised lines on the forehead represent wrinkles. Two lengths of string are attached at holes either side of the mask. Inscription in blue ink on reverse near top reads, "astrologer."

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
wood, paint and fibre
Made in
Kalutara, Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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