{"id":6000,"date":"2018-01-13T14:37:40","date_gmt":"2018-01-13T14:37:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/?p=6000"},"modified":"2018-01-13T14:51:50","modified_gmt":"2018-01-13T14:51:50","slug":"repro-of-patron-mask-from-guatemala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/repro-of-patron-mask-from-guatemala\/","title":{"rendered":"Repro of Patron mask from Guatemala"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"<\/a>Q:<\/strong>\u00a0 I recently bought this mask and I would like to know if it\u2019s authentic or if you would know anything more about it. The seller said it was a dance mask from Chichicastenango, Guatemala from the 1950s-1960s. The mask measures roughly 7\u201d in length and 5\u201d in width. Any help would be appreciated. Daniel, 1265<\/p>\n

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A:<\/strong>\u00a0 Here’s what Aaron has to say about a similar mask that is authentic. This is one is not, but it certainly looks like the real thing. B<\/strong><\/p>\n

SUBREGION: Nahual\u00e1
\nETHNICITY: Mayan
\nDESCRIPTION: Patr\u00f3n Mask
\nMAKER: Unknown
\nCEREMONY:\u00a0Danza del Patzcar
\nAGE: 1980s
\nMAIN MATERIAL: wood
\nOTHER MATERIALS: oil-based paint; leather<\/p>\n

The Danza del Patzcar<\/em>\u00a0is one of the oldest Guatemalan dances still practiced today. In it a dancer representing a female known as Lola performs a Mayan ritual using a white handkerchief to heal other masqueraders wearing rags and disease masks with gigantic thyroid goiters. The patr\u00f3n<\/em>\u00a0(plantation boss) character, represented by this mask, also has a wife character (patrona<\/em> or patzcarina<\/em>).<\/p>\n

For more on Guatemalan masks, see Jim Pieper,\u00a0Guatemala\u2019s Masks and Drama<\/em>(University of New Mexico Press, 2006).\"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a><\/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

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  Q:\u00a0 I recently bought this mask and I would like to know if it\u2019s authentic or if you would know anything more about it. The seller said it was a dance mask from Chichicastenango, Guatemala from the 1950s-1960s. The mask measures roughly 7\u201d in length and 5\u201d in width. Any help would be appreciated. Daniel, 1265   A:\u00a0 Here’s what Aaron has to say about a similar mask that is authentic. This is one is not, but it certainly looks like the real thing. B SUBREGION: Nahual\u00e1 ETHNICITY: Mayan DESCRIPTION: Patr\u00f3n Mask MAKER: Unknown CEREMONY:\u00a0Danza del Patzcar AGE: 1980s MAIN MATERIAL: wood OTHER MATERIALS: oil-based paint; leather The Danza del Patzcar\u00a0is one of the oldest Guatemalan dances still practiced today. In it a dancer representing a female known as Lola performs a Mayan ritual using a white handkerchief to heal other masqueraders wearing rags and disease masks with gigantic thyroid goiters. The patr\u00f3n\u00a0(plantation boss) character, represented by this mask, also has a wife character (patrona or patzcarina). For more on Guatemalan masks, see Jim Pieper,\u00a0Guatemala\u2019s Masks and Drama(University of New Mexico Press, 2006).  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6001,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guatemala"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6000","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=6000"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6000\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6006,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6000\/revisions\/6006"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}