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<p>[QUOTE="cc89, post: 4282530, member: 19074"]Thanks a lot both. They certainly look like scarification marks which I think rules out a South East Asian origin. Here is the style of Malayisan mask that it reminds me off: </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/mask-man-mah-meri-ethnic-group-1175913892" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/mask-man-mah-meri-ethnic-group-1175913892" rel="nofollow">https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/mask-man-mah-meri-ethnic-group-1175913892</a></p><p><br /></p><p>More the form and the lightness of the wood. The wood is very light, like balsa. It is also a very small mask and could only be worn by a child I think, Here is another photo next to a can of beer.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]343591[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The holes at the top go all of the way through and it doesn't seem to have been painted.</p><p><br /></p><p>It was purchased alongside this knife which looks North African to me:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]343592[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks a lot for the Yoruba links and pictures 2manybooks. The scarification looks very similar as do the beard and eyebrows which seem quite distinctive.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="cc89, post: 4282530, member: 19074"]Thanks a lot both. They certainly look like scarification marks which I think rules out a South East Asian origin. Here is the style of Malayisan mask that it reminds me off: [URL]https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/mask-man-mah-meri-ethnic-group-1175913892[/URL] More the form and the lightness of the wood. The wood is very light, like balsa. It is also a very small mask and could only be worn by a child I think, Here is another photo next to a can of beer. [ATTACH=full]343591[/ATTACH] The holes at the top go all of the way through and it doesn't seem to have been painted. It was purchased alongside this knife which looks North African to me: [ATTACH=full]343592[/ATTACH] Thanks a lot for the Yoruba links and pictures 2manybooks. The scarification looks very similar as do the beard and eyebrows which seem quite distinctive.[/QUOTE]
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