{"id":2992,"date":"2015-10-18T20:17:34","date_gmt":"2015-10-18T20:17:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/?p=2992"},"modified":"2015-10-18T23:23:06","modified_gmt":"2015-10-18T23:23:06","slug":"hanuman-the-monkey-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/hanuman-the-monkey-god\/","title":{"rendered":"Hanuman the monkey god"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2993\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2993\" style=\"width: 265px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/aaaMystrySolvd-849.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2993\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/aaaMystrySolvd-849-265x300.jpg\" alt=\"important Hindu character\" width=\"265\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/aaaMystrySolvd-849-265x300.jpg 265w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/aaaMystrySolvd-849.jpg 459w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 265px) 100vw, 265px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2993\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">important Hindu character<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Q:<\/strong>\u00a0 Any and all masks that I find &#8220;speak&#8221; to me. It does not matter if they are collectible, tourist or decorative. My collection reflects very eclectic tastes. I would appreciate any information on this mask. It is carved out of very light wood, well painted and even has a little gold leaf still visible.\u00a0 Mickey, 849<\/p>\n<p><strong>A:<\/strong>\u00a0 This is an artistic representation of Hanuman, the monkey god of Hindu tradition. <!--more-->The highly detailed decoration is not a motif we see very often, so I&#8217;m not sure whether it is from India, Indonesia or someplace else. I do like the way it looks, so perhaps we share the same eclectic tastes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q:\u00a0 Any and all masks that I find &#8220;speak&#8221; to me. It does not matter if they are collectible, tourist or decorative. My collection reflects very eclectic tastes. I would appreciate any information on this mask. It is carved out of very light wood, well painted and even has a little gold leaf still visible.\u00a0 Mickey, 849 A:\u00a0 This is an artistic representation of Hanuman, the monkey god of Hindu tradition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2993,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-india-himalayas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2992","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=2992"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2992\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3009,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2992\/revisions\/3009"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}