{"id":223,"date":"2013-07-16T23:28:03","date_gmt":"2013-07-16T23:28:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/masksfromaroundtheworld.com\/?p=223"},"modified":"2015-10-28T20:42:50","modified_gmt":"2015-10-28T20:42:50","slug":"what-about-this-very-old-mask-i-inherited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/what-about-this-very-old-mask-i-inherited\/","title":{"rendered":"What about this very old mask I inherited?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_224\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-224\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/carolinesmask.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-224 \" alt=\"carolinesmask\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/carolinesmask.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/carolinesmask.jpg 300w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/carolinesmask-231x300.jpg 231w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-224\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mexico<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Q:\u00a0<\/strong> I was curious about this mask. It is made from wood and measures 10 1\/2&#8243;. This was part of my dad&#8217;s collection, he traveled the world and was an antique dealer, unfortunately he passed away and I have recently been going through his stuff. The mask is in rough condition it has cracked and is missing an ear. Any information would be much appreciated.\u00a0 Caroline\u00a0\u00a0 519<\/p>\n<div><strong>A:\u00a0<\/strong> Certainly an old and used mask from a small Mexican village. Otherwise,<\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div>I can&#8217;t pin it down to a state. Someone help! If properly identified this would be very collectible.\u00a0One more thought&#8211;\u00a0first-time\u00a0Mexican mask makers\u00a0sometimes have difficulty handling the viewing-hole problem.\u00a0This mask is a good example of that.\u00a0\u00a0<strong>A+<\/strong><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q:\u00a0 I was curious about this mask. It is made from wood and measures 10 1\/2&#8243;. This was part of my dad&#8217;s collection, he traveled the world and was an antique dealer, unfortunately he passed away and I have recently been going through his stuff. The mask is in rough condition it has cracked and is missing an ear. Any information would be much appreciated.\u00a0 Caroline\u00a0\u00a0 519 A:\u00a0 Certainly an old and used mask from a small Mexican village. Otherwise,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":190,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mexico"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223","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=223"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3460,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223\/revisions\/3460"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}