{"id":3941,"date":"2016-02-22T16:31:37","date_gmt":"2016-02-22T16:31:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/?p=3941"},"modified":"2016-02-22T16:31:37","modified_gmt":"2016-02-22T16:31:37","slug":"a-mask-from-east-greenland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/a-mask-from-east-greenland\/","title":{"rendered":"A mask from East Greenland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/aaaMystrySolvd-922.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3942\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3942\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/aaaMystrySolvd-922-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"aaaMystrySolvd-922\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/aaaMystrySolvd-922-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/aaaMystrySolvd-922-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/aaaMystrySolvd-922-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/aaaMystrySolvd-922-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Q:<\/strong>\u00a0 I managed to get the Kalaallit Inuit mask for only $75 from someone who thought it was a \u201cWitch Doctor Mask\u201d from Africa instead of traditional art from Greenland.\u00a0 Aaron, 922<\/p>\n<p><strong>A:<\/strong>\u00a0 I found this on the internet.\u00a0 &#8220;Not much is known about the role of masks in traditional Greenland societies and not many masks exist prior to the turn of the 20th century. The reason may lie in the mask\u2019s strong personal link with its owner. Masks have often followed their owners to the grave or perhaps been destroyed by death. Another theory is that the mask\u2019s power was so great that it had to be destroyed after use in a cult context. East Greenlandic masks are often described as dancing masks to be used in connection with different kinds of ceremonies of lamp extinguishing games. Theatrical masks were used for entertainment and house masks, which were smaller than the others, represented a domestic spirit and protected the home and its members. Masks from West Greenland are different and quite rare.&#8221;\u00a0 <strong>A<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q:\u00a0 I managed to get the Kalaallit Inuit mask for only $75 from someone who thought it was a \u201cWitch Doctor Mask\u201d from Africa instead of traditional art from Greenland.\u00a0 Aaron, 922 A:\u00a0 I found this on the internet.\u00a0 &#8220;Not much is known about the role of masks in traditional Greenland societies and not many masks exist prior to the turn of the 20th century. The reason may lie in the mask\u2019s strong personal link with its owner. Masks have often followed their owners to the grave or perhaps been destroyed by death. Another theory is that the mask\u2019s power was so great that it had to be destroyed after use in a cult context. East Greenlandic masks are often described as dancing masks to be used in connection with different kinds of ceremonies of lamp extinguishing games. Theatrical masks were used for entertainment and house masks, which were smaller than the others, represented a domestic spirit and protected the home and its members. Masks from West Greenland are different and quite rare.&#8221;\u00a0 A &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3942,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3941","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\/3941","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=3941"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3941\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3943,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3941\/revisions\/3943"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}