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<p>[QUOTE="ceedee121, post: 4426728, member: 70641"]This mask was from my grandpa he worked in Liberia on a rubber plantation in the early 60s. He worked with the tribes their that controlled part of the company he worked for, every tribes member had his own duty that was passed on from the ancestors of that tribe member for instance: fisherman son became fisher, miner dad became miner son etcetra.</p><p>The mask is made from some sort of wet paper with iron ore put on top of it and the eyes are made of brown yellowish glass that lights up if you put the mask infront of a lampbulb its shaped partly from someones face as if its a death mask of some kind. It breaks really easily. My grandpa worked on the firestone plantation that was the name of the plantation allot of things happened ofcourse in those 60 years. He had a relationship with a handicapped tribe woman their and perhaps got a child with her but who knows because he didnt get permission to have a relationship with her because she got banished from her tribe if they did.</p><p>The plantation was respectfull for as far as I know and didnt have a connection with corrupt buisness my grandpa was the most peacefull kind person I know and he probably bought this mask or got it as a gift.</p><p><br /></p><p>Is their any possibility for me to get my original account back because I dont receive any emails maybe because im from Europe.[ATTACH]378535[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]378536[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]378538[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]378535[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]378536[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]378538[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]378535[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]378536[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]378538[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ceedee121, post: 4426728, member: 70641"]This mask was from my grandpa he worked in Liberia on a rubber plantation in the early 60s. He worked with the tribes their that controlled part of the company he worked for, every tribes member had his own duty that was passed on from the ancestors of that tribe member for instance: fisherman son became fisher, miner dad became miner son etcetra. The mask is made from some sort of wet paper with iron ore put on top of it and the eyes are made of brown yellowish glass that lights up if you put the mask infront of a lampbulb its shaped partly from someones face as if its a death mask of some kind. It breaks really easily. My grandpa worked on the firestone plantation that was the name of the plantation allot of things happened ofcourse in those 60 years. He had a relationship with a handicapped tribe woman their and perhaps got a child with her but who knows because he didnt get permission to have a relationship with her because she got banished from her tribe if they did. The plantation was respectfull for as far as I know and didnt have a connection with corrupt buisness my grandpa was the most peacefull kind person I know and he probably bought this mask or got it as a gift. Is their any possibility for me to get my original account back because I dont receive any emails maybe because im from Europe.[ATTACH]378535[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]378536[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]378538[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]378535[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]378536[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]378538[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]378535[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]378536[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]378538[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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