{"id":2311,"date":"2015-02-04T14:54:24","date_gmt":"2015-02-04T14:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/?p=2311"},"modified":"2016-02-18T19:03:03","modified_gmt":"2016-02-18T19:03:03","slug":"mexico-or-ecuador","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/mexico-or-ecuador\/","title":{"rendered":"Mexico or Ecuador?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/aaaMystrySolvd-736.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2312\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/aaaMystrySolvd-736-109x300.jpg\" alt=\"aaaMystrySolvd-736\" width=\"109\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/aaaMystrySolvd-736-109x300.jpg 109w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/aaaMystrySolvd-736-372x1024.jpg 372w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/aaaMystrySolvd-736.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 109px) 100vw, 109px\" \/><\/a>Q:<\/strong>\u00a0 I purchased this mask at an arts and crafts fair here in Mexico City. I believe it is originally from the state of Michoacan, but it could be from Guerrero or Oaxaca. I am most interested in masks related to devils or death. I attempt to obtain mask that are &#8220;bailadas&#8221; which means masks that have been used in some sort of festivity or ritual.\u00a0 Carlos, 736<\/p>\n<p><strong>A:<\/strong> Thanks for explaining the types of masks that interest you most. I&#8217;d love to see more of them. <!--more-->Your mask may be related to the devil or death, but it is certainly unusual. It could be a weird monster mask that was made for tourists. Another possibility is that it somehow slipped in from Ecuador, which it more resembles in style of construction and wood selection. Also, I&#8217;d like to have the holes at the end of the mouth explained. I hope we get some comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q:\u00a0 I purchased this mask at an arts and crafts fair here in Mexico City. I believe it is originally from the state of Michoacan, but it could be from Guerrero or Oaxaca. I am most interested in masks related to devils or death. I attempt to obtain mask that are &#8220;bailadas&#8221; which means masks that have been used in some sort of festivity or ritual.\u00a0 Carlos, 736 A: Thanks for explaining the types of masks that interest you most. I&#8217;d love to see more of them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2312,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-south-america"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2311","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=2311"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3356,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2311\/revisions\/3356"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}