{"id":2014,"date":"2014-09-03T00:57:29","date_gmt":"2014-09-03T00:57:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/?p=2014"},"modified":"2015-10-25T18:33:15","modified_gmt":"2015-10-25T18:33:15","slug":"a-little-about-authenticity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/a-little-about-authenticity\/","title":{"rendered":"A little about authenticity"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2015\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2015\" style=\"width: 203px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/aaaMystrySolvd-679.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2015\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/aaaMystrySolvd-679-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"Baule Goli mask\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/aaaMystrySolvd-679-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/aaaMystrySolvd-679.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2015\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Baule Goli mask<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Q<\/strong>:\u00a0 I found this at a goodwill store. Just wondering what the background is and if it appears to be authentic.\u00a0 Nathan, 679<\/p>\n<p><strong>A:<\/strong>\u00a0 Your mask an attractive reproduction of a classic Goli Kpan mask from the Baule people of Ivory Coast. This type of Goli mask always shows a beautiful women with an elaborate coiffure and elegant scarification. Yours is quickly made and artificially aged, but nicely proportioned and traditional in style. I like it.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Authentic means that the mask was made and used in the specific culture. Authentic masks, the kind you see in books and museums, are rarely available for purchase in today&#8217;s market. If they are, the dollar price will have four or five zeros&#8230; then a decimal point! The good news is that authentic African masks have continued to evolve in some communities and they will gradually become available to collectors. They&#8217;ll be hard to find for while. Look for lots of color and other innovations. <strong> C<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q:\u00a0 I found this at a goodwill store. Just wondering what the background is and if it appears to be authentic.\u00a0 Nathan, 679 A:\u00a0 Your mask an attractive reproduction of a classic Goli Kpan mask from the Baule people of Ivory Coast. This type of Goli mask always shows a beautiful women with an elaborate coiffure and elegant scarification. Yours is quickly made and artificially aged, but nicely proportioned and traditional in style. I like it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2015,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2014","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\/2014","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=2014"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2014\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3227,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2014\/revisions\/3227"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}