{"id":3873,"date":"2016-02-15T17:13:44","date_gmt":"2016-02-15T17:13:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/?p=3873"},"modified":"2016-02-15T23:00:19","modified_gmt":"2016-02-15T23:00:19","slug":"inuit-small-stone-mask","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/inuit-small-stone-mask\/","title":{"rendered":"Inuit small stone mask"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/aaaMystrySolvd-914.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3874\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3874\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/aaaMystrySolvd-914-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"aaaMystrySolvd-914\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/aaaMystrySolvd-914-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/aaaMystrySolvd-914-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/aaaMystrySolvd-914-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/aaaMystrySolvd-914-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Q:\u00a0 I purchased this small mask carved in some type of marbled stone at an antique market in Pickering, Ontario, Canada. It is about 5-1\/2&#8243; X 3-1\/2&#8243;. I paid $85.00 for it. I have no idea whether there is any real value to the piece. I have been collecting interesting masks over the years and I just could not resist this one. Curious to know if you might know thew cultural origin&#8230;and if in fact there is any value?\u00a0 Mo, 914<\/p>\n<p>A:\u00a0 A lot of small stone sculptures are made by the Inuit of Alaska. Perhaps some of the First Nations people of northern Canada do the same. The question is whether this is a traditional mask to be carried or hung, or more likely, if it is a sculpture meant to be sold. Perhaps some of our visitors will share their opinion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q:\u00a0 I purchased this small mask carved in some type of marbled stone at an antique market in Pickering, Ontario, Canada. It is about 5-1\/2&#8243; X 3-1\/2&#8243;. I paid $85.00 for it. I have no idea whether there is any real value to the piece. I have been collecting interesting masks over the years and I just could not resist this one. Curious to know if you might know thew cultural origin&#8230;and if in fact there is any value?\u00a0 Mo, 914 A:\u00a0 A lot of small stone sculptures are made by the Inuit of Alaska. Perhaps some of the First Nations people of northern Canada do the same. The question is whether this is a traditional mask to be carried or hung, or more likely, if it is a sculpture meant to be sold. Perhaps some of our visitors will share their opinion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3874,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-native-america"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3873","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=3873"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3873\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3877,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3873\/revisions\/3877"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}