{"id":4810,"date":"2017-01-06T00:45:19","date_gmt":"2017-01-06T00:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/?p=4810"},"modified":"2017-01-06T00:45:19","modified_gmt":"2017-01-06T00:45:19","slug":"popular-mexican-armadillo-mask","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/popular-mexican-armadillo-mask\/","title":{"rendered":"Popular Mexican armadillo mask"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div class=\"gmail_quote\">\n<div class=\"m_-3610465230489607143Created m_-3610465230489607143on m_-3610465230489607143Form m_-3610465230489607143Builder\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#f7f9fc\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"600\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n<table id=\"m_-3610465230489607143emailFieldsTable\" class=\"m_-3610465230489607143mceEditable\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 5px !important;\" bgcolor=\"white\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/aaaMystrySolvd-1082.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4811\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/aaaMystrySolvd-1082-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/aaaMystrySolvd-1082-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/aaaMystrySolvd-1082-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/aaaMystrySolvd-1082-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/aaaMystrySolvd-1082-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Q:<\/strong>\u00a0 I found this mask in a large box of unrelated items in \u00a0warehouse and would like to find out whatever I can about its origin.\u00a0 Kathleen, 1082<\/p>\n<p><strong>A:<\/strong>\u00a0 These kinds of masks have been used by the Huave people of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, for many years. They are carved out of local wood and decorated with armadillo shell and hair. They&#8217;re so appealing to tourists that thousands of extras are made every year for sale. This is an extra and is not as carefully made as the ones used for the dance. Still, it is a nice addition to anyone&#8217;s Mexican mask collection.\u00a0 <strong>B-<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q:\u00a0 I found this mask in a large box of unrelated items in \u00a0warehouse and would like to find out whatever I can about its origin.\u00a0 Kathleen, 1082 A:\u00a0 These kinds of masks have been used by the Huave people of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, for many years. They are carved out of local wood and decorated with armadillo shell and hair. They&#8217;re so appealing to tourists that thousands of extras are made every year for sale. This is an extra and is not as carefully made as the ones used for the dance. Still, it is a nice addition to anyone&#8217;s Mexican mask collection.\u00a0 B-<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4811,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mexico"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4810","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=4810"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4810\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4812,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4810\/revisions\/4812"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}