{"id":6703,"date":"2018-06-27T15:48:25","date_gmt":"2018-06-27T15:48:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/?p=6703"},"modified":"2018-06-27T15:48:25","modified_gmt":"2018-06-27T15:48:25","slug":"old-or-fake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/old-or-fake\/","title":{"rendered":"Old or fake?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Q:\u00a0 Here is another Guatemalan mask, a conquistador, told to be from early 20th, from an old collection in LA. No trace of paint. Seems to be a nice patina on the back… but I wonder if this piece was waxed\u00a0 to give this brown uniform patina. Your impression would be really welcome.\u00a0 Jean, 1388<\/p>\n

A:\u00a0 This classic mask could also be a Moor or some other character. Sometimes masks like this are repainted to be a different character if the morreria* is running out. The big question would be its authenticity. It does not have a morreria mark or any signs of paint. Also, I think the carving is slightly inferior. Please look at these three handsome photos and give us your opinion. I’m sure Jean would be thankful.<\/p>\n

* A morreria is a shop where masks and costumes are made to be rented to the villagers… instead of making them buy the outfit or make it themselves. It’s a great idea, but I can’t think of any other culture that offers this service.\"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Q:\u00a0 Here is another Guatemalan mask, a conquistador, told to be from early 20th, from an old collection in LA. No trace of paint. Seems to be a nice patina on the back… but I wonder if this piece was waxed\u00a0 to give this brown uniform patina. Your impression would be really welcome.\u00a0 Jean, 1388 A:\u00a0 This classic mask could also be a Moor or some other character. Sometimes masks like this are repainted to be a different character if the morreria* is running out. The big question would be its authenticity. It does not have a morreria mark or any signs of paint. Also, I think the carving is slightly inferior. Please look at these three handsome photos and give us your opinion. I’m sure Jean would be thankful. * A morreria is a shop where masks and costumes are made to be rented to the villagers… instead of making them buy the outfit or make it themselves. It’s a great idea, but I can’t think of any other culture that offers this service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6704,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6703","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\/6703","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=6703"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6703\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6707,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6703\/revisions\/6707"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}