Gallery›Wellcome Collection›A Sinhalese demon, Coomar, with one leg wrapped around a man, clutching an earring (?) with one hand and holding a twig and a cockerel with his other. Gouache painting by a Sri Lankan artist.
A Sinhalese demon, Coomar, with one leg wrapped around a man, clutching an earring (?) with one hand and holding a twig and a cockerel with his other. Gouache painting by a Sri Lankan artist.
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A Sinhalese demon, Coomar, with one leg wrapped around a man, clutching an earring (?) with one hand and holding a twig and a cockerel with his other. Gouache painting by a Sri Lankan artist.

Unknown artist

CC0 — Public Domain
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Lettering: The devil called Coomār.

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