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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;antiguamarie, post: 2308340, member: 15422&quot;][USER=5833]@Bronwen[/USER] </p><p>[USER=8267]@2manybooks[/USER] </p><p>While I wait for my Teke to arrive, thought I’d see if Someone can help me solve this mystery of what exactly is this mask. </p><p>My dad gifted it to me 27 years ago. We are from Antigua (English-speaking Caribbean island, not the Guatemalan city) and he made a living buying and selling “old things”, mainly enormous antique terra cotta Iberian jars and such. </p><p><br /></p><p>he got this from a woman whose mother or grandmother had dug it up while preparing her land (she said). </p><p>Nothing like this had ever turned up before. </p><p><br /></p><p>My theory was that an African-[ATTACH=full]258940[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]258941[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]258942[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]258943[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]258945[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]258950[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]258953[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]258954[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]258955[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]258941[/ATTACH] born enslaved person actually fabricated it in Antigua back in the 1800s based on knowledge he brought From africa. </p><p><br /></p><p>But a gallery owner in DC later on told me that it was more the 1920s-40s and suggested that a British colonial administrator previously posted to Cameroon could have taken it with him to Antigua. </p><p><br /></p><p>He polished the back of one ear and it looks like brass to me but could be other metal. </p><p>The paper on the back is from the shadow box I had it framed in for a while. </p><p><br /></p><p>Do the experts agree that it would be from the early-mid 1900s? And what would a bronze version of a wooden mask be used for? She mentioned it could be a hip mask. </p><p>Thanks for sharing your expertise! </p><p>Marie-Elena[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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