{"id":7872,"date":"2019-03-29T21:11:21","date_gmt":"2019-03-29T21:11:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/?p=7872"},"modified":"2019-04-02T12:59:16","modified_gmt":"2019-04-02T12:59:16","slug":"green-devil-from-guatemala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/green-devil-from-guatemala\/","title":{"rendered":"Green devil from Guatemala"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/aaaMystrySolvd-1542a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/aaaMystrySolvd-1542a-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-7875\" srcset=\"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/aaaMystrySolvd-1542a-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/aaaMystrySolvd-1542a-600x857.jpg 600w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/aaaMystrySolvd-1542a.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a>Q:  Did you ever see this mask? It is a rarely seen Guatemalan mask. It represents Alwasiir, the green devil in the Baile San Jorge in Rabinal and El Diablo. He is called Murcielago in the Baile La Princesa in Coban. Both dances tell the story of St Georges. This one is probably from mid to late XXth century.  Jean, 1542<\/p>\n<p>A:  I have not seen it before&#8211; only green devils with horns from other areas in that small country. It is indeed rare and in new condition. I suppose the dark brown stain on the rear was applied to attract a wealthy tourist who prefers masks that are old and used. It&#8217;s a nice addition to any serious collection of Guatemalan masks.  A-<a href=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/aaaMystrySolvd-1542a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/aaaMystrySolvd-1542a-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-7875\" srcset=\"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/aaaMystrySolvd-1542a-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/aaaMystrySolvd-1542a-600x857.jpg 600w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/aaaMystrySolvd-1542a.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q: Did you ever see this mask? It is a rarely seen Guatemalan mask. It represents Alwasiir, the green devil in the Baile San Jorge in Rabinal and El Diablo. He is called Murcielago in the Baile La Princesa in Coban. Both dances tell the story of St Georges. This one is probably from mid to late XXth century. Jean, 1542 A: I have not seen it before&#8211; only green devils with horns from other areas in that small country. It is indeed rare and in new condition. I suppose the dark brown stain on the rear was applied to attract a wealthy tourist who prefers masks that are old and used. It&#8217;s a nice addition to any serious collection of Guatemalan masks. A-<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7875,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7872","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\/7872","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=7872"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7872\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7884,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7872\/revisions\/7884"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}