{"id":4942,"date":"2017-02-11T19:56:58","date_gmt":"2017-02-11T19:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/?p=4942"},"modified":"2017-02-11T19:56:58","modified_gmt":"2017-02-11T19:56:58","slug":"a-thai-hermit-mask-rarely-seen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/a-thai-hermit-mask-rarely-seen\/","title":{"rendered":"A Thai hermit mask rarely seen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/aaaMystrySolvd-1105a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4943\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/aaaMystrySolvd-1105a-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/aaaMystrySolvd-1105a-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/aaaMystrySolvd-1105a-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/aaaMystrySolvd-1105a-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/aaaMystrySolvd-1105a-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Q:<\/strong>\u00a0 Do you want to use this mask for your website?\u00a0 This special hermit mask is a Lersi Por Gae that was made for a Thai shaman. It is beautifully made and has written mantras in Pali all over the face.\u00a0 Only 4 years old, it has never been danced, but is still authentic in the sense that it was part of a shaman&#8217;s shrine. Quite rare, I\u2019ve seen only one other so far.\u00a0\u00a0 Steph, 1105<\/p>\n<p><strong>A:<\/strong>\u00a0 Blow up the second photo as large as you can and see how finely Thai maskmakers can form and decorate these papier mache masterpieces. If you have a copy of <em>Masks of the World<\/em>, go to pages 56 &amp; 57 to see more of these Khons (helmet masks). Some\u00a0 Khons (not the hermit types) can be purchased on the internet for less than $200!\u00a0<strong> A+<a href=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/aaaMystrySolvd-1105b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4944\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/aaaMystrySolvd-1105b-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/aaaMystrySolvd-1105b-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/aaaMystrySolvd-1105b-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/aaaMystrySolvd-1105b-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/aaaMystrySolvd-1105b-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q:\u00a0 Do you want to use this mask for your website?\u00a0 This special hermit mask is a Lersi Por Gae that was made for a Thai shaman. It is beautifully made and has written mantras in Pali all over the face.\u00a0 Only 4 years old, it has never been danced, but is still authentic in the sense that it was part of a shaman&#8217;s shrine. Quite rare, I\u2019ve seen only one other so far.\u00a0\u00a0 Steph, 1105 A:\u00a0 Blow up the second photo as large as you can and see how finely Thai maskmakers can form and decorate these papier mache masterpieces. If you have a copy of Masks of the World, go to pages 56 &amp; 57 to see more of these Khons (helmet masks). Some\u00a0 Khons (not the hermit types) can be purchased on the internet for less than $200!\u00a0 A+ &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4943,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-asia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4942","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=4942"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4942\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4945,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4942\/revisions\/4945"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}