{"id":4204,"date":"2016-05-23T14:44:43","date_gmt":"2016-05-23T14:44:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/?p=4204"},"modified":"2016-05-23T14:44:43","modified_gmt":"2016-05-23T14:44:43","slug":"garuda-mask-from-bali","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/garuda-mask-from-bali\/","title":{"rendered":"Garuda mask from Bali"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Garuda-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Garuda\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Garuda-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Garuda-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Garuda-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Garuda-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><strong>Q:<\/strong>\u00a0 I just got this mask from an Indonesian trader in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She claims it was made in rural Sarawak, Borneo. It is entirely carved out of wood (type unknown) and despite looking weathered and old, I believe it is relatively new. The price was MYR150 (less than USD40). Size-wise, it is approximately 8 inches tall and 5.5 inches wide. I&#8217;d be interested to know what type of mask this really is. The trader said it is not a Garuda, but nevertheless a bird design that they treat as a lucky charm.\u00a0 Derrick, 976<\/p>\n<p><strong>A:\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0Your\u00a0attractive mask is\u00a0a Garuda, inexpensively made in Bali for the huge tourist and collector markets. \u00a0Garuda\u00a0had a huge wingspan, which was said to block out the sun. This famous deity, the flying\u00a0horse of Vishnu and enemy of serpents, has played a major role in both Hindu and Buddhist cosmology for centuries.\u00a0I think it looks beautiful on your wall&#8230; and was a\u00a0bargain for $40!\u00a0 <strong>B-<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q:\u00a0 I just got this mask from an Indonesian trader in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She claims it was made in rural Sarawak, Borneo. It is entirely carved out of wood (type unknown) and despite looking weathered and old, I believe it is relatively new. The price was MYR150 (less than USD40). Size-wise, it is approximately 8 inches tall and 5.5 inches wide. I&#8217;d be interested to know what type of mask this really is. The trader said it is not a Garuda, but nevertheless a bird design that they treat as a lucky charm.\u00a0 Derrick, 976 A:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Your\u00a0attractive mask is\u00a0a Garuda, inexpensively made in Bali for the huge tourist and collector markets. \u00a0Garuda\u00a0had a huge wingspan, which was said to block out the sun. This famous deity, the flying\u00a0horse of Vishnu and enemy of serpents, has played a major role in both Hindu and Buddhist cosmology for centuries.\u00a0I think it looks beautiful on your wall&#8230; and was a\u00a0bargain for $40!\u00a0 B-<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4229,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4204","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\/4204","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=4204"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4204\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4232,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4204\/revisions\/4232"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}