{"id":6458,"date":"2018-04-22T22:05:45","date_gmt":"2018-04-22T22:05:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/?p=6458"},"modified":"2018-04-22T22:05:45","modified_gmt":"2018-04-22T22:05:45","slug":"reproduction-of-lega-mask","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/reproduction-of-lega-mask\/","title":{"rendered":"Reproduction of Lega mask"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div class=\"gmail_quote\">\n<div class=\"m_-6063007697820347675Created m_-6063007697820347675on m_-6063007697820347675Form m_-6063007697820347675Builder\">\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_-6063007697820347675emailFieldsTable\" class=\"m_-6063007697820347675mceEditable\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 5px !important;\" bgcolor=\"white\">\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/aaaMystrySolvd-1346a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-6459\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/aaaMystrySolvd-1346a-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/aaaMystrySolvd-1346a-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/aaaMystrySolvd-1346a-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/aaaMystrySolvd-1346a-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/aaaMystrySolvd-1346a-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Q:\u00a0 I have been trying to identify this mask for a while now.\u00a0 It was a thrift shop purchased , and all I know is that it looks like it was from Africa. \u00a0The mask measures 14&#8243; high x 8&#8243; wide.\u00a0 It looks like it was exposed to water at one time. \u00a0 Steven, 1346<\/p>\n<p>A:\u00a0 This carving looks like many Lega masks that could be found in the large area of the eastern DRC which is home to this ethnic group. It probably was made there for visiting tourists or the worldwide collector market. Or it could have been made somewhere else. It would fit into any collection of traditional African mask reproductions. Unfortunately, authentic Lega masks (and those of other tribes) are hard to find and very expensive.\u00a0 B<a href=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/aaaMystrySolvd-1346b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-6460\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/aaaMystrySolvd-1346b-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/aaaMystrySolvd-1346b-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/aaaMystrySolvd-1346b-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/aaaMystrySolvd-1346b-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/aaaMystrySolvd-1346b-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/aaaMystrySolvd-1346c.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-6461\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/aaaMystrySolvd-1346c-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/aaaMystrySolvd-1346c-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/aaaMystrySolvd-1346c-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/aaaMystrySolvd-1346c-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/aaaMystrySolvd-1346c-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/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>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>drcz<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; \u00a0Q:\u00a0 I have been trying to identify this mask for a while now.\u00a0 It was a thrift shop purchased , and all I know is that it looks like it was from Africa. \u00a0The mask measures 14&#8243; high x 8&#8243; wide.\u00a0 It looks like it was exposed to water at one time. \u00a0 Steven, 1346 A:\u00a0 This carving looks like many Lega masks that could be found in the large area of the eastern DRC which is home to this ethnic group. It probably was made there for visiting tourists or the worldwide collector market. Or it could have been made somewhere else. It would fit into any collection of traditional African mask reproductions. Unfortunately, authentic Lega masks (and those of other tribes) are hard to find and very expensive.\u00a0 B &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; drcz<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6459,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6458","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\/6458","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=6458"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6458\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6462,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6458\/revisions\/6462"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}