{"id":3657,"date":"2015-12-30T22:20:57","date_gmt":"2015-12-30T22:20:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/?p=3657"},"modified":"2015-12-30T22:40:09","modified_gmt":"2015-12-30T22:40:09","slug":"sometimes-repairs-are-a-good-idea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/sometimes-repairs-are-a-good-idea\/","title":{"rendered":"Sometimes repairs are a good idea"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3658\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3658\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/aaaMystrySolvd-877.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3658\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3658\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/aaaMystrySolvd-877-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Buddhist diety\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/aaaMystrySolvd-877-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/aaaMystrySolvd-877-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/aaaMystrySolvd-877-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/aaaMystrySolvd-877-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3658\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Buddhist diety<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Q:\u00a0<\/strong> I have a very large wood carved mask. It is believed to come from Singapore.\u00a0 It is a face painted red with black and gold. The face has a third eye on the forehead.\u00a0 The approximate size of the mask is 24&#8243; L, 18&#8243; W. If you have an address I can send pictures to I would do so.\u00a0 Charissa, 877<\/p>\n<p><strong>A:<\/strong>\u00a0 This is a Buddhist-style mask that was made in Bali, probably for export or sale to tourists.<!--more--> It is poorly made and of little value. Also the paint is beginning to peel off. But because of its size and colors, I would suggest that you consider repainting and using it for decor. This could be a fun project&#8230; and you would not be in danger of ruining a collector&#8217;s item.\u00a0 Genuine artifacts should not be repainted in most cases.<strong> C-<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q:\u00a0 I have a very large wood carved mask. It is believed to come from Singapore.\u00a0 It is a face painted red with black and gold. The face has a third eye on the forehead.\u00a0 The approximate size of the mask is 24&#8243; L, 18&#8243; W. If you have an address I can send pictures to I would do so.\u00a0 Charissa, 877 A:\u00a0 This is a Buddhist-style mask that was made in Bali, probably for export or sale to tourists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3658,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bali-java"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3657","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=3657"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3657\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3659,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3657\/revisions\/3659"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}