{"id":8082,"date":"2019-05-25T15:48:22","date_gmt":"2019-05-25T15:48:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/?p=8082"},"modified":"2019-05-25T15:48:22","modified_gmt":"2019-05-25T15:48:22","slug":"classic-javanese-dance-mask-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/classic-javanese-dance-mask-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Classic Javanese dance mask"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/aaaMystrySolvd-1569a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/aaaMystrySolvd-1569a-221x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"221\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-8083\" srcset=\"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/aaaMystrySolvd-1569a-221x300.jpg 221w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/aaaMystrySolvd-1569a-768x1042.jpg 768w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/aaaMystrySolvd-1569a-755x1024.jpg 755w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/aaaMystrySolvd-1569a-600x814.jpg 600w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/aaaMystrySolvd-1569a.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px\" \/><\/a>Q:  I have an interesting mask to show you that I believe comes from Indonesia.  I got it in a trade with another collector.  It has some patina and sign of usage.  Steve, 1569<\/p>\n<p>A:  Thanks for the improved photos. Your masks is from Java and represents a common character in their traditional dance dramas. Unfortunately, I still can\u2019t be sure if it was used or artificially aged. Maybe one of our viewers will comment on that.<\/p>\n<p>Look at the beautiful colors that go so well with the classic yellow. Plus, the carving is skillfully done and almost paper thin. Weather it&#8217;s a repro or the real deal, I think you should hang it and enjoy.  A or B<a href=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/aaaMystrySolvd-1569b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/aaaMystrySolvd-1569b-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-8084\" srcset=\"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/aaaMystrySolvd-1569b-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/aaaMystrySolvd-1569b-768x1099.jpg 768w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/aaaMystrySolvd-1569b-716x1024.jpg 716w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/aaaMystrySolvd-1569b-600x859.jpg 600w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/aaaMystrySolvd-1569b.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q: I have an interesting mask to show you that I believe comes from Indonesia. I got it in a trade with another collector. It has some patina and sign of usage. Steve, 1569 A: Thanks for the improved photos. Your masks is from Java and represents a common character in their traditional dance dramas. Unfortunately, I still can\u2019t be sure if it was used or artificially aged. Maybe one of our viewers will comment on that. Look at the beautiful colors that go so well with the classic yellow. Plus, the carving is skillfully done and almost paper thin. Weather it&#8217;s a repro or the real deal, I think you should hang it and enjoy. A or B<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8083,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indonesia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8082","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=8082"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8082\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8085,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8082\/revisions\/8085"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}