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<p>[QUOTE="blooey, post: 1013994, member: 12007"]Almost all the African masks you see around are tourist art, there may be the odd old one floating around but mostly what we see (even stuff from the 50's) is what we call "Airport" art ..stuff to bring home from a trip.</p><p>The earlier tourist are resembled the real thing much more than the stuff made today and most of the stuff could pass for the real McCoy - and probably has!</p><p><br /></p><p>This piece has elements of Ibo, so it's probably Nigerian, but in reality just a wall-hanger.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="blooey, post: 1013994, member: 12007"]Almost all the African masks you see around are tourist art, there may be the odd old one floating around but mostly what we see (even stuff from the 50's) is what we call "Airport" art ..stuff to bring home from a trip. The earlier tourist are resembled the real thing much more than the stuff made today and most of the stuff could pass for the real McCoy - and probably has! This piece has elements of Ibo, so it's probably Nigerian, but in reality just a wall-hanger.[/QUOTE]
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