{"id":2509,"date":"2015-04-25T22:31:32","date_gmt":"2015-04-25T22:31:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/?p=2509"},"modified":"2015-10-28T16:12:31","modified_gmt":"2015-10-28T16:12:31","slug":"mexican-decoratives-are-nice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/mexican-decoratives-are-nice\/","title":{"rendered":"Mexican decoratives are nice"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2510\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2510\" style=\"width: 176px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/aaaMystrySolvd-769.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2510\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/aaaMystrySolvd-769-176x300.jpg\" alt=\"Decorative fish mask\" width=\"176\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/aaaMystrySolvd-769-176x300.jpg 176w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/aaaMystrySolvd-769.jpg 458w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 176px) 100vw, 176px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2510\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Decorative fish mask<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Q:\u00a0<\/strong> I purchased these 3 masks at an auction last night. \u00a0They were listed as African Masks. \u00a0I don&#8217;t think that is correct but don&#8217;t know where they might have originated. \u00a0Can you provide any info? \u00a0Many thanks for your help.\u00a0 Joe, 769<\/p>\n<p><strong>A:\u00a0<\/strong> This is a better-than-average decorative mask made for the tourist trade. <!--more-->You&#8217;ll never see one being worn. They&#8217;ve been making decoratives like this in the state of Guerrero for over 50 years. I think they can be imaginative and colorful art for displaying on the wall, but serious collectors and dealers will have nothing to do with them. Just remember that real masks&#8211; the ones that are actually worn in native cultures&#8211; are often better looking and always more interesting.\u00a0<strong> C<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q:\u00a0 I purchased these 3 masks at an auction last night. \u00a0They were listed as African Masks. \u00a0I don&#8217;t think that is correct but don&#8217;t know where they might have originated. \u00a0Can you provide any info? \u00a0Many thanks for your help.\u00a0 Joe, 769 A:\u00a0 This is a better-than-average decorative mask made for the tourist trade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2510,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2509","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\/2509","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=2509"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2509\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3426,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2509\/revisions\/3426"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}