{"id":3646,"date":"2015-12-17T22:14:33","date_gmt":"2015-12-17T22:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/?p=3646"},"modified":"2015-12-18T00:00:56","modified_gmt":"2015-12-18T00:00:56","slug":"kuba-bwoom-mask","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/kuba-bwoom-mask\/","title":{"rendered":"Kuba bwoom mask"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3647\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3647\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/aaaMystrySolvd-875.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3647\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/aaaMystrySolvd-875-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Democratic Republic of Congo\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/aaaMystrySolvd-875-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/aaaMystrySolvd-875-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/aaaMystrySolvd-875-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/aaaMystrySolvd-875-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3647\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Democratic Republic of Congo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Q:\u00a0<\/strong> The mask easily fits an adult, but some of the cowries are missing. There is also a crack which was repaired.<br \/>\nI do not know much else. Thank you very much.\u00a0 Derek, 875<\/p>\n<p><strong>A:<\/strong>\u00a0 I think this mask is made to look like a Kuba bwoom mask. If it was actually to be used in culture it would probably have more exciting bead and shell decorations and be more carefully carved. <!--more-->Nowadays most of the masks we see on the market have been produced for sale to tourists, often at work shops far away from the native culture&#8230; and often in a hurry. Time is money in West Africa, just as it is everywhere else. <strong>C+<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q:\u00a0 The mask easily fits an adult, but some of the cowries are missing. There is also a crack which was repaired. I do not know much else. Thank you very much.\u00a0 Derek, 875 A:\u00a0 I think this mask is made to look like a Kuba bwoom mask. If it was actually to be used in culture it would probably have more exciting bead and shell decorations and be more carefully carved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3647,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3646","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\/3646","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=3646"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3646\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3648,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3646\/revisions\/3648"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}