{"id":2943,"date":"2015-09-28T00:49:52","date_gmt":"2015-09-28T00:49:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/masksfromaroundtheworld.com\/?p=2943"},"modified":"2015-10-19T17:49:08","modified_gmt":"2015-10-19T17:49:08","slug":"from-somewhere-in-west-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/from-somewhere-in-west-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"From somewhere in West Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2944\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2944\" style=\"width: 85px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/aaaMystrySolvd-843.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2944\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/aaaMystrySolvd-843-85x300.jpg\" alt=\"helmet-style mask\" width=\"85\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/aaaMystrySolvd-843-85x300.jpg 85w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/aaaMystrySolvd-843-291x1024.jpg 291w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/aaaMystrySolvd-843.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 85px) 100vw, 85px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2944\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">helmet-style mask<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Q:<\/strong> I was wondering what the origins of this particular mask are. A friend of mine acquired it through a house clearance shop but we cannot really tell you anything about where it came from. The hollowed out rear seems to have been burned out, as it is blackened by soot. It is also made of a quite strong smelling wood, possibly to do with age. This specimen is about a foot in total length, from chin to top of the hair. Thank you in advance. Perry, 843<\/p>\n<p><strong>A:<\/strong> This is a black helmet mask that combines many features of various West African cultures.<!--more--> It could come from any area where masks and other wood carvings are made for sale. It&#8217;s nicely made and would look good if placed on a stand. Tourist masks like this can be fine for decoration. But real masks&#8211; the ones that are actually worn in native cultures&#8211; are often better looking and always more interesting. I suggest that you start exploring this exciting subject in museums, books and the Internet. <strong>C<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q: I was wondering what the origins of this particular mask are. A friend of mine acquired it through a house clearance shop but we cannot really tell you anything about where it came from. The hollowed out rear seems to have been burned out, as it is blackened by soot. It is also made of a quite strong smelling wood, possibly to do with age. This specimen is about a foot in total length, from chin to top of the hair. Thank you in advance. Perry, 843 A: This is a black helmet mask that combines many features of various West African cultures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3178,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2943","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\/2943","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=2943"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2943\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3019,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2943\/revisions\/3019"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}