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This unusual cast bronze image of Ravana is from the tribal areas of Rajasthan, India. 

The figure has ten heads cast right around in a circular fashion and twenty arms. It has a flattened body but with traditional dress including a vest and a flared skirt all highly decorated with swirling borders in relief. 

Ravana holds in his two primary arms a shield and a sword.
The figure stands on a circular open-work dais.

 

Early 20th century.

Height 43cm

Width 32cm

Depth 18cm