{"id":1792,"date":"2014-04-15T14:33:34","date_gmt":"2014-04-15T14:33:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/?p=1792"},"modified":"2015-10-27T20:59:12","modified_gmt":"2015-10-27T20:59:12","slug":"stumped-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/stumped-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Stumped again!"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1793\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1793\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/aaaMystrySolvd-632a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1793\" alt=\"Mystery mask\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/aaaMystrySolvd-632a.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/aaaMystrySolvd-632a.jpg 300w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/aaaMystrySolvd-632a-257x300.jpg 257w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1793\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mystery mask<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/aaaMystrySolvd-632b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1794\" alt=\"aaaMystrySolvd-632b\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/aaaMystrySolvd-632b.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/aaaMystrySolvd-632b.jpg 300w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/aaaMystrySolvd-632b-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/aaaMystrySolvd-632b-297x300.jpg 297w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Q: Thoughts on this one? I am being told its a 75-100 year old Malinche or dona marina from mexico&#8230; the wood type, carving technique on the front, and the shellac all make me think Japan-60-years-old.. little of this says Mexico to me. \u00a0The glaze seems to be truly of age, with a high patina per the pictures. Not sure I&#8217;d feel the same in person.\u00a0 Nate, 632<\/p>\n<p>A:\u00a0 If a serious collector like you is confused, chances are I will be too. I&#8217;ve included a picture of the rear because it might help someone else identify the piece. Others should also note that the final coating, whether shellac or varnish, may have been done by a dealer or collector. <!--more-->Let me add to Mexico and Japan&#8211; Alaska, Colombia or Nepal. Maybe MasksoftheWorld.com should start offering prizes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q: Thoughts on this one? I am being told its a 75-100 year old Malinche or dona marina from mexico&#8230; the wood type, carving technique on the front, and the shellac all make me think Japan-60-years-old.. little of this says Mexico to me. \u00a0The glaze seems to be truly of age, with a high patina per the pictures. Not sure I&#8217;d feel the same in person.\u00a0 Nate, 632 A:\u00a0 If a serious collector like you is confused, chances are I will be too. I&#8217;ve included a picture of the rear because it might help someone else identify the piece. Others should also note that the final coating, whether shellac or varnish, may have been done by a dealer or collector.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1793,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1792","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\/1792","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=1792"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1792\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3410,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1792\/revisions\/3410"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}