{"id":5481,"date":"2017-07-22T19:50:04","date_gmt":"2017-07-22T19:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/?p=5481"},"modified":"2017-08-01T02:04:51","modified_gmt":"2017-08-01T02:04:51","slug":"deformity-masks-in-other-cultures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/deformity-masks-in-other-cultures\/","title":{"rendered":"Deformity masks in other cultures"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Q:<\/strong>\u00a0 As you know, collectors occasionally run into deformity and disease masks. I’d like to hear more about them.\u00a0 I’d especially be indebted if you started a blog thread on the topic.\u00a0 Nate, 1190<\/p>\n

A:<\/strong>\u00a0 This first one is from the Ibibio people of Nigeria. It measures 7 3\/4″ high. The small face with high raised forehead above tiny eyes, carved with no nose or upper lip and with teeth showing in the open face depicts either syphilitic yaws or a severe cleft palate. It comes from the Cobbs Auctioneers.<\/p>\n

The second one is a Mbangu from the Pende of the DRC. 12″ high. It represents a hunter who has suffered a stroke from the curse of a local sorcerer. You can see it on page 17 of Masks of the World<\/em> by me and Troy Yohn.<\/p>\n

The third mask shows a poor man with a very large goiter. From Baja Verapaz, Guatemala, it is part of the Patzcar, a ritual that is often used healing. Nate said it comes from the Jim Pieper collection.<\/p>\n

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I hope you and others will share a picture of these unusual masks with our viewers. Only some of them come from Africa. Others come from Mexico, Guatemala, Sri Lanka, the Himalayas, and more.<\/p>\n

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Q:\u00a0 As you know, collectors occasionally run into deformity and disease masks. I’d like to hear more about them.\u00a0 I’d especially be indebted if you started a blog thread on the topic.\u00a0 Nate, 1190 A:\u00a0 This first one is from the Ibibio people of Nigeria. It measures 7 3\/4″ high. The small face with high raised forehead above tiny eyes, carved with no nose or upper lip and with teeth showing in the open face depicts either syphilitic yaws or a severe cleft palate. It comes from the Cobbs Auctioneers. The second one is a Mbangu from the Pende of the DRC. 12″ high. It represents a hunter who has suffered a stroke from the curse of a local sorcerer. You can see it on page 17 of Masks of the World by me and Troy Yohn. The third mask shows a poor man with a very large goiter. From Baja Verapaz, Guatemala, it is part of the Patzcar, a ritual that is often used healing. Nate said it comes from the Jim Pieper collection. I hope you and others will share a picture of these unusual masks with our viewers. Only some of them come from Africa. Others come from Mexico, Guatemala, Sri Lanka, the Himalayas, and more. Save Save<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5482,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-misc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5481","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=5481"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5481\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5527,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5481\/revisions\/5527"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}