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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 432854, member: 8267&quot;]I must disagree with [USER=301]@komokwa[/USER] and [USER=2844]@Any Jewelry[/USER] (sorry guys). The Bwa warthog, Baule portrait mask, and Ibo mask show features consistent with masks made for use rather than as tourist wall hangers. They are stylistically appropriate, and have the holes around the rim that would be used to attach the cloth or raffia that would have covered the dancer. They may not be &quot;museum&quot; quality, but still genuine. I am not as familiar with the Eket sun mask tradition, but it also shows signs of having been made for use. </p><p>Pieces made for sale typically do not have means for attaching the costume (why bother?), often have non-traditional colors and finishes, and show little signs of use, like the last one posted by [USER=197]@wildrose[/USER].</p><p><img src="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/46/60/9f/46609f2599c87826ea8e79fd7defbd0c--african-masks-african-art.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://www.bing.com/th?id=OIP.j2XEK9gWn1K_zc6gX8XkFwHaHa&amp;pid=Api" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>reverse of another Bwa mask</p><p><br /></p><p>Baule portrait mask being danced:</p><p><img src="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/dd/64/d4/dd64d4ab3f8ef45331a6713fe9ce5502.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://christas.dk/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/crk-1116-1_baulemask_l_DSC_0679-e1490973016112.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="http://christas.dk/baule-mask/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://christas.dk/baule-mask/" rel="nofollow">http://christas.dk/baule-mask/</a></p><p>Note treatment of the rim. This site gives a good description of the Mblo dance in which such portrait masks would be worn, noting that &quot;The costume would have been attached to the mask by cords that were threaded through the holes in the mask.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Igbo dancer:</p><p><img src="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/c5/fb/12/c5fb12c010e2edc8c8b2f412ed940c5c.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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