{"id":8821,"date":"2020-03-18T00:26:11","date_gmt":"2020-03-18T00:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/?p=8821"},"modified":"2020-03-18T02:13:58","modified_gmt":"2020-03-18T02:13:58","slug":"biombo-mask-from-the-congo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/biombo-mask-from-the-congo\/","title":{"rendered":"Biombo mask from the Congo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-8828 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_2409-2-177x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"177\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_2409-2-177x300.jpg 177w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_2409-2-768x1299.jpg 768w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_2409-2-605x1024.jpg 605w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_2409-2-600x1015.jpg 600w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_2409-2.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 177px) 100vw, 177px\" \/>Q: I bought this mask with a label &#8220;Kambula, Zaire&#8221; at a vintage sales in Antwerp (Belgium) for 70 euro. It&#8217;s 38 cm long and 24 cm width. Wim, 1673<\/p>\n<p>A: I&#8217;m guessing this is a Biombo mask from the central part of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Kambula is far away in South Africa. This handsome mask is probably a well-made reproduction, but it could be a used artifact. The design is beautiful, especially when viewed from the side. You got a good deal even if it is a repro.<a href=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_2405.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-8823\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_2405-191x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"191\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_2405-191x300.jpg 191w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_2405-768x1209.jpg 768w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_2405-651x1024.jpg 651w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_2405-600x944.jpg 600w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_2405.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 191px) 100vw, 191px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_2410.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-8824\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_2410-194x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_2410-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_2410-768x1187.jpg 768w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_2410-662x1024.jpg 662w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_2410-600x928.jpg 600w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_2410.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q: I bought this mask with a label &#8220;Kambula, Zaire&#8221; at a vintage sales in Antwerp (Belgium) for 70 euro. It&#8217;s 38 cm long and 24 cm width. Wim, 1673 A: I&#8217;m guessing this is a Biombo mask from the central part of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Kambula is far away in South Africa. This handsome mask is probably a well-made reproduction, but it could be a used artifact. The design is beautiful, especially when viewed from the side. You got a good deal even if it is a repro.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8828,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8821","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\/8821","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=8821"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8821\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8830,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8821\/revisions\/8830"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}