{"id":886,"date":"2013-09-24T20:33:41","date_gmt":"2013-09-24T20:33:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/?p=886"},"modified":"2015-10-26T15:56:15","modified_gmt":"2015-10-26T15:56:15","slug":"beautiful-religious-artifact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/beautiful-religious-artifact\/","title":{"rendered":"Beautiful religious artifact"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_887\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-887\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/aaaMystrySolvd-554n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-887\" alt=\"reliquary figure\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/aaaMystrySolvd-554n.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/aaaMystrySolvd-554n.jpg 300w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/aaaMystrySolvd-554n-223x300.jpg 223w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-887\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">reliquary figure<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Q:<\/strong> Recently I purchased a mask from a local shop in Sydney which sells various goods from Oceania and Africa. The mask is made of wood covered with metal strips and wires (copper?). I like its look and enjoy having it in my house, and would be very grateful if you let me know if this mask is of any significance. Ted, 554<\/p>\n<p><strong>A:<\/strong> A very nice piece indeed, it is a reliquary figure from the Mahongwe people of Gabon, West Africa. <!--more-->They are a sub-group of the Kota culture. It is made of copper, brass, and wood. These stunning sculptures are dedicated to a spirit of the ancestors, and are important religious artifacts. They are hard to find. Both artists and mask collectors love them. Display it proudly.\u00a0 <strong>A<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q: Recently I purchased a mask from a local shop in Sydney which sells various goods from Oceania and Africa. The mask is made of wood covered with metal strips and wires (copper?). I like its look and enjoy having it in my house, and would be very grateful if you let me know if this mask is of any significance. Ted, 554 A: A very nice piece indeed, it is a reliquary figure from the Mahongwe people of Gabon, West Africa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":887,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-886","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\/886","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=886"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/886\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3265,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/886\/revisions\/3265"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}