{"id":1531,"date":"2013-11-20T17:50:40","date_gmt":"2013-11-20T17:50:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/?p=1531"},"modified":"2015-10-26T15:36:03","modified_gmt":"2015-10-26T15:36:03","slug":"fine-mask-and-a-poem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/fine-mask-and-a-poem\/","title":{"rendered":"Fine mask and a poem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/aaaMystrySolvd-585.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1532\" alt=\"Guere-Wobe\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/aaaMystrySolvd-585.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/aaaMystrySolvd-585.jpg 300w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/aaaMystrySolvd-585-230x300.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Q: I wonder if its authentic and if it is a Dan Ngere?\u00a0 Leon, 585\u00a0 (Leon also sent along a poem about masks which you can read at the end of my comments.)<\/p>\n<p>A: The Dan group of tribes spread over parts of both Ivory Coast and Liberia.<!--more--> Various subgroup names like Ngere, Guere, Wobe, We, etc. are worth investigating for photography that matches your piece. I love the way yours looks with its exaggerated sculpture, colors, materials and appealing patina. It may very well be authentic and old&#8230; but who cares?\u00a0 <strong>A<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Leon&#8217;s poem <em>Personae<\/em> follows.<br \/>\nIf a mask were I<br \/>\nhow could i justify<br \/>\nthis second skin<br \/>\nin which i am<br \/>\nto show my self<br \/>\nmy alter ego<br \/>\nother half<br \/>\nkept on a shelf<br \/>\njust for intimacy<br \/>\nbetween her and me<br \/>\nthan I could play<br \/>\nthe sad or gay<br \/>\nor both anyway<br \/>\nplay for fool<br \/>\nto move on<br \/>\nday by day<br \/>\nI have nothing<br \/>\nto say about<br \/>\nthis face<br \/>\nthis personae<br \/>\nwhich nay I am<br \/>\nor seem to be<br \/>\nso i hang her<br \/>\non my wall<br \/>\nfor times i need<br \/>\nto call in<br \/>\non her reciprocity<br \/>\nor just another play<br \/>\ni need to stage<br \/>\nand state my age<br \/>\nor just before i fall<br \/>\nalthough i rather<br \/>\nturn that page<br \/>\nand show my truest sin<br \/>\nor peel it of<br \/>\nto show the one<br \/>\ni am from deep within<br \/>\nIf a mask were I<br \/>\nhow could i justify<br \/>\nthis second skin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q: I wonder if its authentic and if it is a Dan Ngere?\u00a0 Leon, 585\u00a0 (Leon also sent along a poem about masks which you can read at the end of my comments.) A: The Dan group of tribes spread over parts of both Ivory Coast and Liberia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1532,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-africa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1531","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=1531"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1531\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3254,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1531\/revisions\/3254"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}