{"id":2393,"date":"2015-03-03T14:48:06","date_gmt":"2015-03-03T14:48:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/?p=2393"},"modified":"2015-10-28T16:22:55","modified_gmt":"2015-10-28T16:22:55","slug":"very-old-mask-maybe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/very-old-mask-maybe\/","title":{"rendered":"Very old mask? Maybe."},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2394\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2394\" style=\"width: 222px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/aaaMystrySolvd-752.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2394\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/aaaMystrySolvd-752-222x300.jpg\" alt=\"Central Mexico\" width=\"222\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/aaaMystrySolvd-752-222x300.jpg 222w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/aaaMystrySolvd-752.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2394\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Central Mexico<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Q:<\/strong>\u00a0 I just purchased this mask at an auction in Georgia. \u00a0It&#8217;s made of wood and is approximately 6&#8243;x8&#8243;. \u00a0I was told it dated to the late 1800&#8217;s. \u00a0Any information you could provide is greatly appreciated. \u00a0Thank you for your help.\u00a0 Cindy,752<\/p>\n<p><strong>A:<\/strong>\u00a0 It could be a Christian, Viejo, or some other character from Central Mexico.<!--more--> It has the classic features of a village dance mask from that area. But very old wood masks don&#8217;t often survive heavy usage, decay and insect damage. The big question\u00a0 is whether it&#8217;s really old, or a modern mask that has been carefully antiqued to fetch a higher price at market. A collector, dealer or museum curator with experience in Mexican folk art might be willing to help you with this question. But please do it in person or mail the mask to the expert. An appraisal of this nature should not be attempted with photos.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q:\u00a0 I just purchased this mask at an auction in Georgia. \u00a0It&#8217;s made of wood and is approximately 6&#8243;x8&#8243;. \u00a0I was told it dated to the late 1800&#8217;s. \u00a0Any information you could provide is greatly appreciated. \u00a0Thank you for your help.\u00a0 Cindy,752 A:\u00a0 It could be a Christian, Viejo, or some other character from Central Mexico.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2394,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2393","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\/2393","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=2393"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2393\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3434,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2393\/revisions\/3434"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}