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India King Ravana mask Ramlila celebration, India 15 inches wide, vacuum formed plastic This ten-headed mask represents the asura (Sanskrit for demon) king Ravana, from the Hindu epic Ramayana. Ravana - a very powerful king - is said to have ten heads and to have kidnapped Sita, the wife of the hero of Ramayana, Lord Rama, an incarnation of Lord Vishnu. Cheap plastic masks like this one are sold on the streets today for celebrants to use. It is not a tourist mask. This particular mask is
illustrated in the book, "Masks from Around the World." SOLD
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