{"id":2132,"date":"2014-12-05T15:21:01","date_gmt":"2014-12-05T15:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/?p=2132"},"modified":"2015-10-26T16:23:01","modified_gmt":"2015-10-26T16:23:01","slug":"old-half-mask-from-bali","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/old-half-mask-from-bali\/","title":{"rendered":"Old half-mask from Bali"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2133\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2133\" style=\"width: 274px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/aaaMystrySolvd-707.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2133\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/aaaMystrySolvd-707-274x300.jpg\" alt=\"Topeng half-mask\" width=\"274\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2133\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Topeng half-mask<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Q:<\/strong>\u00a0 I recently purchased this mask at a non-internet estate auction as part of an auction lot. Size is 6 1\/4&#8243; h x 5 1\/2&#8243; w. Light elegant wood with a true antique feel (wavy patina). The red paint might be storage splatters. I collect well-crafted, antique ethnographic items.\u00a0 Jerry, 707<\/p>\n<p><strong>A:<\/strong>\u00a0 Your excellent hi-res photos suggest this is a very old Balinese mask used for the Topeng dance drama that has been performed there for hundreds of years. <!--more-->An old patina can be very attractive and highly desirable to collectors. But please remember that I can&#8217;t be sure of its authenticity simply by looking at scans on a computer screen.\u00a0 <strong>A<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q:\u00a0 I recently purchased this mask at a non-internet estate auction as part of an auction lot. Size is 6 1\/4&#8243; h x 5 1\/2&#8243; w. Light elegant wood with a true antique feel (wavy patina). The red paint might be storage splatters. I collect well-crafted, antique ethnographic items.\u00a0 Jerry, 707 A:\u00a0 Your excellent hi-res photos suggest this is a very old Balinese mask used for the Topeng dance drama that has been performed there for hundreds of years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2133,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bali-java"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2132","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=2132"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3280,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2132\/revisions\/3280"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}