{"id":2272,"date":"2015-01-11T16:20:26","date_gmt":"2015-01-11T16:20:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/?p=2272"},"modified":"2015-10-25T18:09:08","modified_gmt":"2015-10-25T18:09:08","slug":"to-collect-or-not-to-collect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/to-collect-or-not-to-collect\/","title":{"rendered":"To collect or not to collect"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2274\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2274\" style=\"width: 215px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/aaaMystrySolvd-7281.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2274\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/aaaMystrySolvd-7281-215x300.jpg\" alt=\"West Africa\" width=\"215\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/aaaMystrySolvd-7281-215x300.jpg 215w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/aaaMystrySolvd-7281.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 215px) 100vw, 215px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2274\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">West Africa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Q:<\/strong>\u00a0 This mask from Africa is at least \u00a050 years old.\u00a0 I do not know more about it &#8230; bought it 20 years ago in a garage sale. I&#8217;m not a collector of masks. Thanks.\u00a0 Louise, 728<\/p>\n<p><strong>A:<\/strong>\u00a0 Thanks for the excellent photos. The mask is from somewhere in West African. It was designed with a combination of references to various cultural traditions&#8230; then made to look used and old.<!--more--> Objects like this are are very attractive to tourists and an\u00a0important source of income for Africans. They are also easy to find at local sales and on the internet&#8230; and they should be quite affordable. That makes them ideal wall decor for most people. Collectors want\u00a0 masks that conform to specific cultural traditions and are made with more care. <strong>C-<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q:\u00a0 This mask from Africa is at least \u00a050 years old.\u00a0 I do not know more about it &#8230; bought it 20 years ago in a garage sale. I&#8217;m not a collector of masks. Thanks.\u00a0 Louise, 728 A:\u00a0 Thanks for the excellent photos. The mask is from somewhere in West African. It was designed with a combination of references to various cultural traditions&#8230; then made to look used and old.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2273,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2272","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\/2272","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=2272"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3216,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2272\/revisions\/3216"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}