Sri Lankan Mask

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The Kana Sanni Yakka demon of southern Sri Lanka is believed to be responsible for blindness. This depiction of the demon is used by specialists who lure the demons out of the victim using this mask in elaborate ceremonies. This mask is dated to somewhere in the 19-20th century. ___________ This object is scanned by Redpath Museum, McGill University

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The Redpath Museum is a museum of natural history belonging to McGill University and located on the university's campus at 859 Sherbrooke Street West in Montreal, Quebec. It was built in 1882 as a gift from the sugar baron Peter Redpath. It houses collections of interest to ethnology, biology, paleontology, and mineralogy/geology.

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