{"id":2382,"date":"2015-03-02T18:07:09","date_gmt":"2015-03-02T18:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/?p=2382"},"modified":"2015-10-25T17:01:33","modified_gmt":"2015-10-25T17:01:33","slug":"bete-war-mask","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/bete-war-mask\/","title":{"rendered":"Bete war mask"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2383\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2383\" style=\"width: 237px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/aaaMystrySolvd-750.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2383\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/aaaMystrySolvd-750-237x300.jpg\" alt=\"Ivory Coast, Africa\" width=\"237\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/aaaMystrySolvd-750-237x300.jpg 237w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/aaaMystrySolvd-750.jpg 467w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 237px) 100vw, 237px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2383\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ivory Coast, Africa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Q:<\/strong>\u00a0 I bought this mask at the Tucson Gem Show African Pavilion about 7 years ago. I don\u2019t remember where it came from, or if I was ever told. I think I paid $140.00 for it.\u00a0 It is one of three of my favorite masks.\u00a0 Ira, 750<\/p>\n<p><strong>A:<\/strong>\u00a0 It doesn&#8217;t matter a whole lot what it is or how much you paid, if you really like it. <!--more-->I&#8217;m certainly glad you have it because its a beautiful example of a <span class=\"text\">gre or nyabwa, which means war mask. The Bete people of Ivory Coast, West Africa, are famous for these grotesque carvings and use them for a number of different ceremonies. This one is especially well designed and crafted. You should be very pleased. This is a good example of why I encourage the collecting of traditional\/authentic items, rather than the tourist\/souvenir masks that are cheaper. <strong>A<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q:\u00a0 I bought this mask at the Tucson Gem Show African Pavilion about 7 years ago. I don\u2019t remember where it came from, or if I was ever told. I think I paid $140.00 for it.\u00a0 It is one of three of my favorite masks.\u00a0 Ira, 750 A:\u00a0 It doesn&#8217;t matter a whole lot what it is or how much you paid, if you really like it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2383,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2382","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\/2382","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=2382"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3204,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2382\/revisions\/3204"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}