{"id":1784,"date":"2014-04-08T12:56:40","date_gmt":"2014-04-08T12:56:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/?p=1784"},"modified":"2015-10-27T13:12:18","modified_gmt":"2015-10-27T13:12:18","slug":"indian-seal-mask-maybe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/indian-seal-mask-maybe\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian seal mask&#8211; maybe"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1785\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1785\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/aaaMystrySolvd-630.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1785\" alt=\"NWC seal mask\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/aaaMystrySolvd-630.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/aaaMystrySolvd-630.jpg 300w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/aaaMystrySolvd-630-213x300.jpg 213w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1785\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NWC seal mask<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Q:<\/strong>\u00a0 Numerous &#8220;experts&#8221; have been stumped in regard to the identification of my mask or &#8216;helmet&#8217; &#8230; variously ascribed as Tlingit, Kwakwaka&#8217;wakw, Mexican, Guatemalan and Javanese. The oxidation of the wood suggests considerable age &#8230; surely more than a century. What do you think? Also, can you recommend someone who can identify the type of wood which may lead to proper identification?\u00a0 Christopher, 630<\/p>\n<p><strong>A:<\/strong>\u00a0 Though I can&#8217;t find one that looks like this, I&#8217;m pretty sure it&#8217;s from the Pacific Northwest. <!--more-->I even tend to agree with you on age. What is the size? Can you put your head into it and see out the mouth? Identifying the wood might also help. You should be able to find a carver, woodworker, or lumber yard with someone there who knows wood. In the meantime I&#8217;ll post it and try to start a search. With this information you could send your pics to some specialists in NWC tribal art and see what they have to say.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q:\u00a0 Numerous &#8220;experts&#8221; have been stumped in regard to the identification of my mask or &#8216;helmet&#8217; &#8230; variously ascribed as Tlingit, Kwakwaka&#8217;wakw, Mexican, Guatemalan and Javanese. The oxidation of the wood suggests considerable age &#8230; surely more than a century. What do you think? Also, can you recommend someone who can identify the type of wood which may lead to proper identification?\u00a0 Christopher, 630 A:\u00a0 Though I can&#8217;t find one that looks like this, I&#8217;m pretty sure it&#8217;s from the Pacific Northwest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1785,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-native-america"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1784","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=1784"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1784\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3368,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1784\/revisions\/3368"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}