{"id":2240,"date":"2015-01-02T20:20:03","date_gmt":"2015-01-02T20:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/?p=2240"},"modified":"2016-02-18T20:48:40","modified_gmt":"2016-02-18T20:48:40","slug":"heavy-metal-mystery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/heavy-metal-mystery\/","title":{"rendered":"Heavy Metal Mystery"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2242\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2242\" style=\"width: 212px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/aaaMystrySolvd-724.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2242\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/aaaMystrySolvd-724-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"?\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/aaaMystrySolvd-724-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/aaaMystrySolvd-724.jpg 460w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2242\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Q:<\/strong>\u00a0 I recently purchased this copper mask online and was wondering what your thoughts regarding country of origin might be. It&#8217;s very well made and could easily be worn by an adult, though it&#8217;s fairly heavy. It&#8217;s similar in construction to the tin Bolivian masks I own, but not quite the same stylistically. Possibly Mexican or Peruvian?<br \/>\nI&#8217;m hoping one of your dedicated followers may have some insight. Thanks, Dan, 724<\/p>\n<p><strong>A:<\/strong>\u00a0 That&#8217;s a hum dinger of a mask! <!--more-->You&#8217;re correct in saying it&#8217;s a bit like a Bolivian or Peruvian metal mask. As a rule Mexican metal masks aren&#8217;t that carefully crafted, but they do have a similar hairline. Possibly it is not ethnographic at all and was made by an American or European steampunk artist. Guess we&#8217;ll have to rely on some insight from our &#8220;dedicated followers.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q:\u00a0 I recently purchased this copper mask online and was wondering what your thoughts regarding country of origin might be. It&#8217;s very well made and could easily be worn by an adult, though it&#8217;s fairly heavy. It&#8217;s similar in construction to the tin Bolivian masks I own, but not quite the same stylistically. Possibly Mexican or Peruvian? I&#8217;m hoping one of your dedicated followers may have some insight. Thanks, Dan, 724 A:\u00a0 That&#8217;s a hum dinger of a mask!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2242,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2240","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\/2240","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=2240"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2240\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3406,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2240\/revisions\/3406"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}