Mask, Devil Dance, (Devi Sanni)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 10 Aug 1989
label: Collection Date
content: 1981 to 1982
name: label: Collector
content: Jason Schoonover
label: Donor Name
content: Jason Schoonover
notes: label: Notes
content: DEVIL DANCE MASK - DEVI SANNI, "SMALLPOX, CHOLERA, TYPHOID AND ALL THE EPIDEMIC DISEASES". FACE COLOR A MUSTARD YELLOW. SMILING RED LIPS AND RED LINES AROUND MOUTH. OPENINGS UNDER EYES FOR WEARER TO SEE OUT. CRACKS ON SIDE OF NOSE. BLACK EYEBALLS, SILVER-GRAY PAINTED MUSTACHE AND TEETH. WEARING CROWN OR TURBAN COLORED GREEN, RED, AND SILVER-GRAY. ACCORDING TO THE DONOR, "DEVI IS THE ONLY LADY IN THE MALE DOMINATED WORLD OF DEMONS. PARADOXICALLY, DESPITE HER RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE MEDICAL FIELD, SHE IS QUITE A HAPPY LOOKING YOUNG LADY. PERHAPS IT IS BECAUSE OF THIS THAT SHE IS USED IN KOLAM AS A PRINCESS WHERE HER NAME IS ALSO DEVI."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Sri Lanka, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 364316
label: USNM Number
content: E424103-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask