{"id":834,"date":"2013-09-10T22:37:42","date_gmt":"2013-09-10T22:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/?p=834"},"modified":"2015-10-26T21:03:23","modified_gmt":"2015-10-26T21:03:23","slug":"famous-10-headed-king-ravana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/famous-10-headed-king-ravana\/","title":{"rendered":"Famous 10-headed King Ravana"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_835\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-835\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/aaaMystrySolvd-544n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-835\" alt=\"Indian god\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/aaaMystrySolvd-544n.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/aaaMystrySolvd-544n.jpg 300w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/aaaMystrySolvd-544n-217x300.jpg 217w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-835\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Indian god<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Q:<\/strong> This is a Ravana mask that I have been trying to find more info on. I believe it could be pre-1800. I bought it from a good dealer friend who thinks the same age. 45 inches wide, it was cut in half at some point. I really enjoy this great mask.\u00a0 Josh, 545<\/p>\n<p><strong>A:<\/strong> There is a cheap plastic version of this famous mask on this site. It says &#8220;This ten-headed mask represents the Asura (Sanskrit for demon) king Ravana, from the Hindu epic Ramayana.<!--more--> Ravana &#8211; a very powerful king &#8211; 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, &#8220;Masks from Around the World.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s the best I can do. I&#8217;m not an expert on Indian mythology. A word of caution: your piece could be 200 years more recent than you and your buddy wish. Wood can age very quickly in tropical countries. No matter, this will be a dramatic piece of folk art to display on your wall. It&#8217;s a fine piece.\u00a0 <strong>A<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #d6c6ad; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q: This is a Ravana mask that I have been trying to find more info on. I believe it could be pre-1800. I bought it from a good dealer friend who thinks the same age. 45 inches wide, it was cut in half at some point. I really enjoy this great mask.\u00a0 Josh, 545 A: There is a cheap plastic version of this famous mask on this site. It says &#8220;This ten-headed mask represents the Asura (Sanskrit for demon) king Ravana, from the Hindu epic Ramayana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":835,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-india-himalayas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=834"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/834\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3342,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/834\/revisions\/3342"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}