{"id":2921,"date":"2015-09-19T15:14:34","date_gmt":"2015-09-19T15:14:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/masksfromaroundtheworld.com\/?p=2921"},"modified":"2018-02-04T19:35:43","modified_gmt":"2018-02-04T19:35:43","slug":"great-folk-art-carving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/great-folk-art-carving\/","title":{"rendered":"Great folk art carving"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2922\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2922\" style=\"width: 195px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/aaaMystrySolvd-838.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2922\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/aaaMystrySolvd-838-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"Probably Ecuador\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/aaaMystrySolvd-838-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/aaaMystrySolvd-838.jpg 460w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2922\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Probably Ecuador<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Q<\/strong>: The heavy hardwood mask with a star on the forehead is, I was told, an older carnival mask from Trinidad &amp; Tobago. It supposedly represents a policeman (hence the star). I\u2019m not sure all this is accurate, but it does make some sense. I\u2019ve never seen a mask quite like this one before. What do you think? Aaron, 838<\/p>\n<p><strong>A<\/strong>: You have a good eye for quality. I think this is an authentic mask, but like you, I&#8217;m not aware of carnival masks from Trinidad &amp; Tobago looking anything like this.<!--more--> Your next consideration should be Ecuador. The hardwood looks right and so do the round holes to see through. In the old days, the Quechua-speaking Indians in the mountains didn&#8217;t have much access to the colorful enamel now used on all of their masks. Having said this, let&#8217;s not rule out that someone will suggest a remote area of Asia. Identifying masks can be difficult!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q: The heavy hardwood mask with a star on the forehead is, I was told, an older carnival mask from Trinidad &amp; Tobago. It supposedly represents a policeman (hence the star). I\u2019m not sure all this is accurate, but it does make some sense. I\u2019ve never seen a mask quite like this one before. What do you think? Aaron, 838 A: You have a good eye for quality. I think this is an authentic mask, but like you, I&#8217;m not aware of carnival masks from Trinidad &amp; Tobago looking anything like this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2922,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-south-america","category-unknown"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2921","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=2921"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2921\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3899,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2921\/revisions\/3899"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}