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Painted wooden mask of a demon

This mask represents one of the eighteen disease demons, and…
Bronze bell with bull finial

Worship at a Hindu temple involves various ritual actions in…
Wood and ivory chest

From the sixteenth century Europeans began to visit the coun…
Bronze coin, a 'Lakshmi plaque'

According to the Hindu creation myth, Lakshmi came into bein…
Kolam dancer's mask

Kolam is a dance drama of rural Sri Lanka. Just like several…
Velvet Pachisi game board

The game of Pachisi seems to have first appeared in India se…
Gilt bronze and silver figure of the enshrined Buddha

This image of Buddha stands in a thirty-one centimetre high …
Statue of Tara

Buddhism arrived in Sri Lanka in about the third century BC …
Bronze figure of the walking Buddha

This Buddha is depicted walking with his right hand in the g…
Countermarked silver abbasi coin of Shah Abbas II

The Dutch East India Company took over the Portuguese tradin…
Bronze figure of the seated Buddha

Metal figures of the Gupta period (AD 320-550) are generally…