Any tourist souvenir stall: Masks
Ba, or Tibetan masks, also make excellent souvenirs - bright-coloured, exotic. The masks are thought to originate from the 6th century when Bonpo priests performed their first ritual dances masked as animals. There are several types, including ritual dance masks (ghosts, deities, monsters, totems, etc.), Tibetan opera masks (dating from the reign of king Songtsen Gampo), and wall-hanging masks. The ones you will usually find on sale along the tourist routes are the wall-hanging ones. The masks can be made from wood, bronze image, papier mache, leather, cloth, and other materials. In the stalls the wood and papier mache ones are the most common.
