Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART: Tovil Ritual, Exorcism Mask

Collection: 
ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
Preferred Title: 
Tovil Ritual, Exorcism Mask
Image View: 
Overall three-quarter view from front right
Creator: 
unknown (Sri Lankan sculptor)
Location: 
repository: Musée du Quai Branly-Jacques Chirac (Paris, Île-de-France, France) 70.2003.22.2
Location Note: 
From Africa to the Americas: Face-to-Face Picasso, Past and Present (2018 exhibition)
Date: 
ca. 1900-1930 (creation)
Cultural Context: 
Sri Lankan
Style Period: 
Sri Lankan
Work Type 1: 
ceremonial mask
Work Type 2: 
sculpture (visual work)
Classification: 
Sculpture and Installations
Material: 
wood; fur; vegetable fiber; porcelain; shell; leather; wire
Technique: 
carving (processes); painting and painting techniques
Measurements: 
37 cm (height) x 40 cm (width) x 17 cm (depth)
Subjects: 
Masks; Sinhalese; ritual; healing; demons
Description: 
Mask whose lower part is probably missing. The bulging eyes and the two broad fangs express the wild aspect of the demon. The face is embellished with a prominent red nose and a mustache of plant fibers. These fierce masks represent demons responsible for diseases. They are worn during therapeutic rituals (called tovil). (Source: Musée du Quai Branly-Jacques Chirac [website]; http://www.quaibranly.fr/en/)
Collection: 
Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
Identifier: 
7A3-AFRICAN-FAFFM-TEM2-A02
Rights: 
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.