{"id":5549,"date":"2017-08-16T16:06:50","date_gmt":"2017-08-16T16:06:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/?p=5549"},"modified":"2018-09-24T02:48:58","modified_gmt":"2018-09-24T02:48:58","slug":"maori-mask-from-new-zealand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/maori-mask-from-new-zealand\/","title":{"rendered":"Maori mask from New Zealand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/aaaMystrySolvd-1199.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5550\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/aaaMystrySolvd-1199-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/aaaMystrySolvd-1199-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/aaaMystrySolvd-1199-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/aaaMystrySolvd-1199-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/aaaMystrySolvd-1199-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>This is the best Maori mask I have seen on the Internet. The quality of the carving is fantastic! Its mouth is open, with the tongue sticking out and the eyes protruding. The expression is aggressive and looks like the grimaces that Maoris make during war dances. However, it is not made for wearing. It celebrates an <dfn title=\"Ancestor worship - the worship of dead ancestors where people believe that the spirits of the dead can influence their affairs. Ancestral spirits can be male or female, and can include all ancestors, those of a few generations, or indeed mythical ancestors. People worship their ancestors in many ways, such as prayers, offerings, sacrifice, and festivals of honour. Ancestor worship is found in many African traditional religions, where the spirits are called on to avert illness, help obtain good crops, or assure fertility.\">ancestor<\/dfn> and would have been found on a <dfn title=\"A\u00a0nation of people who settled in New Zealand around the 13th century.\">Maori<\/dfn> meeting house wall. The lines on this mask mirror Maori <dfn title=\"Pictures or designs made on someone&quot;s body by pricking small holes in the skin and filling them with a indelible dye.\">tattoos<\/dfn>, which they had on their faces to make them look fierce in warfare. Today some Maori people are reviving this artistic tradition as they try to preserve their culture and identity.<\/p>\n<p>The Maoris are part of Polynesia which occupies a vast portion of of the Pacific Ocean. Their population is small because most of their area is water. 70% of them live in Hawaii.<\/p>\n<p>    <script src=\"https:\/\/form.jotform.com\/static\/feedback2.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\n      new JotformFeedback({\n        formId: \"82656670051154\",\n        buttonText: \"Of Interest?\",\n        base: \"https:\/\/form.jotform.com\/\",\n        background: \"#F59202\",\n        fontColor: \"#FFFFFF\",\n        buttonSide: \"right\",\n        buttonAlign: \"center\",\n        type: false,\n        width: 700,\n        height: 600,\n        isCardForm: false\n      });\n    <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the best Maori mask I have seen on the Internet. The quality of the carving is fantastic! Its mouth is open, with the tongue sticking out and the eyes protruding. The expression is aggressive and looks like the grimaces that Maoris make during war dances. However, it is not made for wearing. It celebrates an ancestor and would have been found on a Maori meeting house wall. The lines on this mask mirror Maori tattoos, which they had on their faces to make them look fierce in warfare. Today some Maori people are reviving this artistic tradition as they try to preserve their culture and identity. The Maoris are part of Polynesia which occupies a vast portion of of the Pacific Ocean. Their population is small because most of their area is water. 70% of them live in Hawaii.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5550,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oceania"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5549","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=5549"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5549\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7250,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5549\/revisions\/7250"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}