{"id":1671,"date":"2014-01-13T22:10:16","date_gmt":"2014-01-13T22:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/?p=1671"},"modified":"2015-10-27T21:07:05","modified_gmt":"2015-10-27T21:07:05","slug":"a-big-mystery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/a-big-mystery\/","title":{"rendered":"A big mystery"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1672\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1672\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/aaaMystrySolvd-604.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1672\" alt=\"?\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/aaaMystrySolvd-604.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/aaaMystrySolvd-604.jpg 300w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/aaaMystrySolvd-604-227x300.jpg 227w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1672\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Q:<\/strong> Its big, (2+ feet tall), and heavy. The thing that has me on edge&#8230; someone took the time to carve out the back of this mask, yet it has no eye-holes. I cant imagine anyone (any culture) dancing something this heavy especially without a look-out. Moreover, if it was ever meant to be a passive shield tied somewhere etc.. then it wouldn&#8217;t likely be carved out on the reverse, right? \u00a0Seems like an impressive fake, but not much else. Thoughts?\u00a0\u00a0 Nate, 504<\/p>\n<p><strong>A:<\/strong> Of course, it could be a fake, but it could also be authentic. <!--more-->Big faces are sometimes meant to be carried or placed in front of a hut. Removing some wood from the rear will make it easier to carry or could be used for storage. Let&#8217;s hope someone recognizes it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q: Its big, (2+ feet tall), and heavy. The thing that has me on edge&#8230; someone took the time to carve out the back of this mask, yet it has no eye-holes. I cant imagine anyone (any culture) dancing something this heavy especially without a look-out. Moreover, if it was ever meant to be a passive shield tied somewhere etc.. then it wouldn&#8217;t likely be carved out on the reverse, right? \u00a0Seems like an impressive fake, but not much else. Thoughts?\u00a0\u00a0 Nate, 504 A: Of course, it could be a fake, but it could also be authentic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1672,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-unknown"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1671","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=1671"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1671\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3415,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1671\/revisions\/3415"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}