{"id":8938,"date":"2020-04-19T21:51:43","date_gmt":"2020-04-19T21:51:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/?p=8938"},"modified":"2020-04-19T21:51:43","modified_gmt":"2020-04-19T21:51:43","slug":"tourist-mask-from-guerrero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/tourist-mask-from-guerrero\/","title":{"rendered":"Tourist mask from Guerrero"},"content":{"rendered":"

Q: I found this mask and thought it was cool. Would love to learn more about it and its meaning. I do know it was made in Mexico. Any information would be appreciated. Chrystle, 1688<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>A: Tons of these cute masks with animals on their face are sold to tourists in Chilapa, Guerrero. They are also available in the gift shops and markets throughout the rest of the country. Most often the animal is a bat placed over the nose with its wings spread out. Many years ago these crazy looking masks were actually worn by villagers in the Danza de los Murcielagos. I saw one of those old bat masks in the Mexican Museum of Anthropology. <\/p>\n

Mexican masks are my favorites. Unlike other serious collectors, about half of my Mexicans are decoratives– a euphemistic term for tourist junk. Why would The Mask Man break the rule of curators and accept fake masks for his walls that include authentic artifacts? It’s because I’ve always loved art and find the indigenous Mexicans one of the most creative cultures in the world. Their folk art can be spectacular… whether it’s used for dance or pleasing tourists. C<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Q: I found this mask and thought it was cool. Would love to learn more about it and its meaning. I do know it was made in Mexico. Any information would be appreciated. Chrystle, 1688 A: Tons of these cute masks with animals on their face are sold to tourists in Chilapa, Guerrero. They are also available in the gift shops and markets throughout the rest of the country. Most often the animal is a bat placed over the nose with its wings spread out. Many years ago these crazy looking masks were actually worn by villagers in the Danza de los Murcielagos. I saw one of those old bat masks in the Mexican Museum of Anthropology. Mexican masks are my favorites. Unlike other serious collectors, about half of my Mexicans are decoratives– a euphemistic term for tourist junk. Why would The Mask Man break the rule of curators and accept fake masks for his walls that include authentic artifacts? It’s because I’ve always loved art and find the indigenous Mexicans one of the most creative cultures in the world. Their folk art can be spectacular… whether it’s used for dance or pleasing tourists. C<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8940,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8938","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\/8938","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=8938"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8938\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8941,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8938\/revisions\/8941"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}