{"id":5764,"date":"2017-10-29T19:18:14","date_gmt":"2017-10-29T19:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/?p=5764"},"modified":"2017-11-25T22:01:25","modified_gmt":"2017-11-25T22:01:25","slug":"blended-mask-from-west-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/blended-mask-from-west-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Blended mask from West Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div class=\"gmail_quote\">\n<div class=\"m_2318803556406621140Created m_2318803556406621140on m_2318803556406621140Form m_2318803556406621140Builder\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#f7f9fc\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"600\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n<table id=\"m_2318803556406621140emailFieldsTable\" class=\"m_2318803556406621140mceEditable\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 5px !important;\" bgcolor=\"white\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/aaaMystrySolvd-1233.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5765\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/aaaMystrySolvd-1233-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/aaaMystrySolvd-1233-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/aaaMystrySolvd-1233-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/aaaMystrySolvd-1233-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/aaaMystrySolvd-1233-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Q:<\/strong>\u00a0 Please help me identify what kind of mask is that and if its authentic or any information you can give me will be highly appreciated. Thank you!\u00a0 Natalya, 1233<\/p>\n<p><strong>A:<\/strong>\u00a0 You can easily say this mask is from somewhere in West Africa. It certainly has a nice looking face with a great bird on top, but I can&#8217;t tell what tribe made it. The design elements are a mix coming from different cultures in that part of Africa. We see a lot of blended masks these days. This should not surprise&#8211; Africans, like us, can easily see masks from other places.<\/p>\n<p>Authenticity means used for celebrations rather than sale to tourists. There&#8217;s a slight chance it could be authentic, but the production of masks for sale and export is huge&#8230; and much more likely.\u00a0 <strong>B<\/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<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer; top: 63px; left: 48px;\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q:\u00a0 Please help me identify what kind of mask is that and if its authentic or any information you can give me will be highly appreciated. Thank you!\u00a0 Natalya, 1233 A:\u00a0 You can easily say this mask is from somewhere in West Africa. It certainly has a nice looking face with a great bird on top, but I can&#8217;t tell what tribe made it. The design elements are a mix coming from different cultures in that part of Africa. We see a lot of blended masks these days. This should not surprise&#8211; Africans, like us, can easily see masks from other places. Authenticity means used for celebrations rather than sale to tourists. There&#8217;s a slight chance it could be authentic, but the production of masks for sale and export is huge&#8230; and much more likely.\u00a0 B Save<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5765,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5764","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\/5764","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=5764"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5764\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5781,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5764\/revisions\/5781"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}