{"id":7506,"date":"2018-11-19T17:59:49","date_gmt":"2018-11-19T17:59:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/?p=7506"},"modified":"2018-11-19T18:06:38","modified_gmt":"2018-11-19T18:06:38","slug":"pre-columbian-mexican-mask","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/pre-columbian-mexican-mask\/","title":{"rendered":"Pre-Columbian Mexican mask?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"<\/a>Q:\u00a0 I have another mystery for you.\u00a0 This mask was among a group of genuine 1970s dance masks from Mexico. My initial reaction was “tourist mask,” but the more I examined it, the more convinced I became that it’s authentic. The trouble is, I’ve never seen anything like it.\u00a0 I can’t place the region of Mexico or the type of dance.\u00a0 Do you have any ideas?\u00a0 Aaron, 1484<\/p>\n

A:\u00a0 When Aaron < https:\/\/www.maskmuseum.org\/> sends me an unusual mask it is always a challenge! But before I talk about his mask, take a look at the next mask that is supposed to be from Teotihuacan.<\/p>\n

“Although it is a subject of debate whether Teotihuacan was the center of a state empire, its influence throughout Mesoamerica is well documented; evidence of Teotihuacano presence can be seen at numerous sites in Veracruz and the Maya region. The later Aztecs saw these magnificent ruins and claimed a common ancestry with the Teotihuacanos, modifying and adopting aspects of their culture.”<\/p>\n

So Aaron’s beautiful mosaic mask (in perfect condition) could be very old and from a number of different places in Mexico or Guatemala. He should take it to someone who specializes in pre-Columbia art, and\/or have a lab estimate its age.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, it also looks like an artistic piece of contemporary ceramics. The tiles are placed in a haphazard, abstract-exprestionist way. I would be proud to add it to my collection of Mexican masks which contains both authentic and decorative items! <\/em><\/p>\n

I hope we get a helpful comment.
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Q:\u00a0 I have another mystery for you.\u00a0 This mask was among a group of genuine 1970s dance masks from Mexico. My initial reaction was “tourist mask,” but the more I examined it, the more convinced I became that it’s authentic. The trouble is, I’ve never seen anything like it.\u00a0 I can’t place the region of Mexico or the type of dance.\u00a0 Do you have any ideas?\u00a0 Aaron, 1484 A:\u00a0 When Aaron < https:\/\/www.maskmuseum.org\/> sends me an unusual mask it is always a challenge! But before I talk about his mask, take a look at the next mask that is supposed to be from Teotihuacan. “Although it is a subject of debate whether Teotihuacan was the center of a state empire, its influence throughout Mesoamerica is well documented; evidence of Teotihuacano presence can be seen at numerous sites in Veracruz and the Maya region. The later Aztecs saw these magnificent ruins and claimed a common ancestry with the Teotihuacanos, modifying and adopting aspects of their culture.” So Aaron’s beautiful mosaic mask (in perfect condition) could be very old and from a number of different places in Mexico or Guatemala. He should take it to someone who specializes in pre-Columbia art, and\/or have a lab estimate its age. On the other hand, it also looks like an artistic piece of contemporary ceramics. The tiles are placed in a haphazard, abstract-exprestionist way. I would be proud to add it to my collection of Mexican masks which contains both authentic and decorative items! I hope we get a helpful comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7508,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mexico"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7506","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=7506"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7506\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7511,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7506\/revisions\/7511"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}