{"id":2915,"date":"2015-09-18T15:10:08","date_gmt":"2015-09-18T15:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/masksfromaroundtheworld.com\/?p=2915"},"modified":"2015-10-19T00:56:11","modified_gmt":"2015-10-19T00:56:11","slug":"west-african-mask-with-coins-on-her-head","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/west-african-mask-with-coins-on-her-head\/","title":{"rendered":"West African mask with coins on her head"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_2916\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2916\" style=\"width: 212px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/aaaMystrySolvd-836.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/aaaMystrySolvd-836-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"Ibo, Puno or ...?\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2916\" srcset=\"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/aaaMystrySolvd-836-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/aaaMystrySolvd-836.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2916\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ibo, Puno or &#8230;?<\/figcaption><\/figure><strong>Q:<\/strong>  I was given this mask as a birthday gift when I was a young teen. I have no info on it other than 9 coins embedded in rows of 3 on top of the head. The coins seem to be dated in the 1920&#8217;s and depict some sort of palm tree? Any help identifying and possible value would be appreciated, as I am 40 yrs old and have always wondered.  Benny, 836<\/p>\n<p>We know this mask was made in middle to late 20th century. I also see some resemblance to the work of the Ibo people in Nigeria and the Puno of Gabon. That&#8217;s a big chunk of West Africa.<!--more--> I think you should look at those coins and identify them. That might tell us more about the origin of this unusual piece. Other questions&#8211; is that hairdo or horns? Why is one eye missing? Maybe one of our readers will help. Or you could do some research on your own.<\/p>\n<p>Benny, I don&#8217;t do appraisals on this blog. I sometimes will issue a letter-grade from A to D, but in this case the mask requires close examination to determine authenticity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q: I was given this mask as a birthday gift when I was a young teen. I have no info on it other than 9 coins embedded in rows of 3 on top of the head. The coins seem to be dated in the 1920&#8217;s and depict some sort of palm tree? Any help identifying and possible value would be appreciated, as I am 40 yrs old and have always wondered. Benny, 836 We know this mask was made in middle to late 20th century. I also see some resemblance to the work of the Ibo people in Nigeria and the Puno of Gabon. That&#8217;s a big chunk of West Africa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2916,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2915","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\/2915","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2915"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2915\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3051,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2915\/revisions\/3051"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}