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<p>[QUOTE="LoveTheHunt!, post: 395264, member: 8191"]I usually resist African wood items, since most I see are decorative/souvenir types - but this one seems to have a lot more going for it. It is large enough to easily fit over my face, is decorated with both a white material and what looks like maybe clay plaster around the eyes, and has strips of very old/dirty cloth strapped around the back edge. </p><p> I know very little about these masks, except that they are very hard to sell if you can't identify them, so I appeal to the experts I know are here. </p><p>Thanx in advance![ATTACH=full]137414[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]137415[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]137416[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="LoveTheHunt!, post: 395264, member: 8191"]I usually resist African wood items, since most I see are decorative/souvenir types - but this one seems to have a lot more going for it. It is large enough to easily fit over my face, is decorated with both a white material and what looks like maybe clay plaster around the eyes, and has strips of very old/dirty cloth strapped around the back edge. I know very little about these masks, except that they are very hard to sell if you can't identify them, so I appeal to the experts I know are here. Thanx in advance![ATTACH=full]137414[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]137415[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]137416[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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