Murthu Sanniya Mask

The mask has been created to depict the symptoms of boils on the body surface, muscle cramps, high fever and stomach aches. The main symptoms of this illness are becoming unconscious or fainting. The Ayurveda medical system has shown that fainting or becoming temporarily unconscious can occur four or five times within an hour. The other general symptoms of this illness are, formation of boils on the surface of the body, cramps of the muscles and stomach aches, high fever.

• 1950s-1960s era Sir Lankan, culturally used wooden masks.
• A character of the 18 Sanni masks group.
• A polychrome wooden disease mask used for healing rituals.
• Masks play important roles in religious, healing and exorcism rituals.