{"id":2000,"date":"2014-08-26T23:05:17","date_gmt":"2014-08-26T23:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/?p=2000"},"modified":"2015-10-26T19:57:57","modified_gmt":"2015-10-26T19:57:57","slug":"dont-be-fooled-by-old-looks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/dont-be-fooled-by-old-looks\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t be fooled by old looks"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2001\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2001\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/aaaMystrySolvd-675.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2001\" alt=\"Nepal\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/aaaMystrySolvd-675-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/aaaMystrySolvd-675-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/aaaMystrySolvd-675.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2001\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nepal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Q:<\/strong>\u00a0 We purchased this mask and have no idea about it. \u00a0It is made of one piece of wood. \u00a0The motif atop the mask is of a man riding a cat which has a man in it&#8217;s \u00a0mouth. \u00a0There appears to be an export wax stamp on it but we cannot make out the characters and there is a price tag of $890.00.\u00a0 Lizzy, 675<\/p>\n<p><strong>A:<\/strong>\u00a0 Masks like this have a nice antique feel and are excellent wall hangings.<!--more--> The style is Himalayan. Probably made in Nepal for the tourist trade in recent years. By searching Google images you might be able to identify this particular deity. The bad news is that tourist masks are often way overpriced. My advice to inexperienced collectors is never pay more than $100 for a mask unless it&#8217;s from a reputable tribal art dealer or museum store.\u00a0 <strong>C<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q:\u00a0 We purchased this mask and have no idea about it. \u00a0It is made of one piece of wood. \u00a0The motif atop the mask is of a man riding a cat which has a man in it&#8217;s \u00a0mouth. \u00a0There appears to be an export wax stamp on it but we cannot make out the characters and there is a price tag of $890.00.\u00a0 Lizzy, 675 A:\u00a0 Masks like this have a nice antique feel and are excellent wall hangings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2001,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2000","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\/2000","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=2000"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3329,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000\/revisions\/3329"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}