{"id":2903,"date":"2015-09-12T14:40:43","date_gmt":"2015-09-12T14:40:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/masksfromaroundtheworld.com\/?p=2903"},"modified":"2015-10-19T00:56:45","modified_gmt":"2015-10-19T00:56:45","slug":"old-huave-mask-from-oaxaca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/old-huave-mask-from-oaxaca\/","title":{"rendered":"Old Huave mask from Oaxaca"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_2904\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2904\" style=\"width: 204px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/aaaMystrySolvd-832.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/aaaMystrySolvd-832-204x300.jpg\" alt=\"Mexico\" width=\"204\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2904\" srcset=\"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/aaaMystrySolvd-832-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/aaaMystrySolvd-832.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 204px) 100vw, 204px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2904\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mexico<\/figcaption><\/figure><strong>Q:<\/strong>  Just acquired this mask from a third party who travel to Oaxaca frequently. In one of the many trips, they purchased this mask. Seeking any information, confirmation (region) or opinions.  The mask measures 7.5&#8243; h  5.5&#8243; w 4.5 d and is made of hard wood. There are some minor signs of termite damage.  Louis, 832<\/p>\n<p><strong>A:<\/strong>  The Huave people occupy a few small villages in Western Oaxaca close to the Pacific Coast of Mexico. They make a lot of unpainted wooden masks, often decorated with armadillo shell and bristles of animal hair.<!--more--> This one has no decoration and appears to be old and used. I like the way it looks. Often the used masks, rather than those made for sale to tourists, have more personality. Unlike most Mexican mask, Huaves are rarely painted. I know this blog has some readers who know a great deal more about Mexican masks than I do. Hopefully we will get some kind of confirmation on this one.  <strong>A<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q: Just acquired this mask from a third party who travel to Oaxaca frequently. In one of the many trips, they purchased this mask. Seeking any information, confirmation (region) or opinions. The mask measures 7.5&#8243; h 5.5&#8243; w 4.5 d and is made of hard wood. There are some minor signs of termite damage. Louis, 832 A: The Huave people occupy a few small villages in Western Oaxaca close to the Pacific Coast of Mexico. They make a lot of unpainted wooden masks, often decorated with armadillo shell and bristles of animal hair.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2904,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2903","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\/2903","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2903"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2903\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3052,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2903\/revisions\/3052"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}