{"id":1959,"date":"2014-08-02T14:39:17","date_gmt":"2014-08-02T14:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/?p=1959"},"modified":"2015-10-26T20:52:51","modified_gmt":"2015-10-26T20:52:51","slug":"deformity-masks-heal-the-sick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/deformity-masks-heal-the-sick\/","title":{"rendered":"Deformity masks heal the sick"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1960\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1960\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/aaaMystrySolvd-666.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1960\" alt=\"Sri Lanka\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/aaaMystrySolvd-666.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/aaaMystrySolvd-666.jpg 300w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/aaaMystrySolvd-666-208x300.jpg 208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1960\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sri Lanka<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Q:<\/strong>\u00a0 I found this at a thrift shop in Boca Raton. So it is likely completely out of context. They didn&#8217;t want much for it, so I bought it, but I can&#8217;t really figure out where it is from? It is very small, more of a decorative carving at 6&#8243; X 4&#8243;.\u00a0 Rick,<\/p>\n<p><strong>A:\u00a0<\/strong> You found an exorcism mask from Sri Lanka.<!--more--> In the exorcism dance rituals and folk plays of that island nation, devils, animals, and humans are represented by elaborately carved and painted masks. This character would have been part of a healing ritual specifically for clef palate or some other mouth condition. From pictures it is always hard to determine the age. Most deformity masks are made to be worn, but a small one like this could have some ritual significance&#8230; or a nice souvenir for tourists. \u00a0<strong> A-<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q:\u00a0 I found this at a thrift shop in Boca Raton. So it is likely completely out of context. They didn&#8217;t want much for it, so I bought it, but I can&#8217;t really figure out where it is from? It is very small, more of a decorative carving at 6&#8243; X 4&#8243;.\u00a0 Rick, A:\u00a0 You found an exorcism mask from Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1960,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-india-himalayas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1959","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=1959"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1959\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3335,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1959\/revisions\/3335"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}