{"id":5046,"date":"2017-03-12T15:22:49","date_gmt":"2017-03-12T15:22:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/?p=5046"},"modified":"2017-03-12T15:33:13","modified_gmt":"2017-03-12T15:33:13","slug":"baule-ram-mask-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/baule-ram-mask-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Baule Ram Mask"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"<\/a>Q:<\/strong>\u00a0 You recently answered a question about a mask I was looking at. You suggested purchasing true artifacts or quality replicas. Are the NOVICA masks considered quality replicas? I appreciate all your help.\u00a0 Ray, 1124<\/p>\n

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A:\u00a0<\/strong> I admire that NOVICA\u00a0 (owned by National Geographic) for representing artists from third world countries and paying them more than they would get from other buyers. The first Baule ram mask was made by one of their talented carvers. It can be purchased from NOVICA at a very reasonable price.\u00a0 The second mask is from another internet dealer and its price is five times higher. It looks like it’s old and used, but that was achieved artificially.<\/p>\n

To the experienced collector, NOVICA can only be a source for a few traditional masks.\u00a0 Their inventory is devoted to decorative wall hangings. NOVICA’s masks are not true replicas.\u00a0 I would call them well-made tourist souvenirs or airport art…\u00a0 styles that most of the world prefers.\u00a0 C\"\"<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Q:\u00a0 You recently answered a question about a mask I was looking at. You suggested purchasing true artifacts or quality replicas. Are the NOVICA masks considered quality replicas? I appreciate all your help.\u00a0 Ray, 1124   A:\u00a0 I admire that NOVICA\u00a0 (owned by National Geographic) for representing artists from third world countries and paying them more than they would get from other buyers. The first Baule ram mask was made by one of their talented carvers. It can be purchased from NOVICA at a very reasonable price.\u00a0 The second mask is from another internet dealer and its price is five times higher. It looks like it’s old and used, but that was achieved artificially. To the experienced collector, NOVICA can only be a source for a few traditional masks.\u00a0 Their inventory is devoted to decorative wall hangings. NOVICA’s masks are not true replicas.\u00a0 I would call them well-made tourist souvenirs or airport art…\u00a0 styles that most of the world prefers.\u00a0 C Save<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5047,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5046","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\/5046","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=5046"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5046\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5051,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5046\/revisions\/5051"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}