{"id":7490,"date":"2018-11-17T22:56:22","date_gmt":"2018-11-17T22:56:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/?p=7490"},"modified":"2018-11-17T23:02:11","modified_gmt":"2018-11-17T23:02:11","slug":"unusual-maximon-mask-from-guatemala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/unusual-maximon-mask-from-guatemala\/","title":{"rendered":"Unusual Maximon mask from Guatemala"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Q:<\/strong>\u00a0 Here is a very unusual mask from Guatemala, probably from the 60-70’s. It is said to have been used in the Dance of “Los Viejitos\u201d (Baile Xetones) in San Juan Chamelco, Alta Verapaz. But I do not find any similar masks on the web or in the books.\u00a0Did you see such a mask before?\u00a0 Jean,\u00a0 1482<\/p>\n

A:\u00a0<\/strong> The seller may be right. But I’m thinking it could be a Maximon (also called San Simon) mask. Most of the Maximon faces we see are the top part of doll-like statues that can range in size from small to the size of an adult man. They are icons placed in an alter surrounded with other folk art and offerings. They are worshiped all over Guatemala and its diaspora.<\/p>\n

Real masks of this religious figure are sometimes used for ceremony. Your mask is beautifully carved and has the mouth through which the celebrant can smoke or drink. However, Maximon almost always has a mustache. You might want to check out Guatemala’s Folk Saints<\/em> by Jim Pieper for more on this subject. Maximon is an important religious icon for North America as is Mama Wata for Africa and its diaspora.\u00a0 A\"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Q:\u00a0 Here is a very unusual mask from Guatemala, probably from the 60-70’s. It is said to have been used in the Dance of “Los Viejitos\u201d (Baile Xetones) in San Juan Chamelco, Alta Verapaz. But I do not find any similar masks on the web or in the books.\u00a0Did you see such a mask before?\u00a0 Jean,\u00a0 1482 A:\u00a0 The seller may be right. But I’m thinking it could be a Maximon (also called San Simon) mask. Most of the Maximon faces we see are the top part of doll-like statues that can range in size from small to the size of an adult man. They are icons placed in an alter surrounded with other folk art and offerings. They are worshiped all over Guatemala and its diaspora. Real masks of this religious figure are sometimes used for ceremony. Your mask is beautifully carved and has the mouth through which the celebrant can smoke or drink. However, Maximon almost always has a mustache. You might want to check out Guatemala’s Folk Saints by Jim Pieper for more on this subject. Maximon is an important religious icon for North America as is Mama Wata for Africa and its diaspora.\u00a0 A    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7492,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7490","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\/7490","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=7490"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7490\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7497,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7490\/revisions\/7497"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}