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<p>[QUOTE="Lucille.b, post: 374906, member: 51"]I almost thought that fork-like piece might be for hair ?? but these are totally out of my field and could be completely wrong. I usually avoid African pieces because there is so much tourist stuff out there, but the price was right and I noticed the older looking tape on the back had a name specified, which meant someone valued them on some level. </p><p><br /></p><p>I am not seeing a lot of age in these when in the hand, but could be vintage possibly.</p><p><br /></p><p>Looking back at the photos I took, I can see some photos are a bit overexposed. You can see the quarter is completely bleached out. So in real life, everything looks a bit darker. Sorry about that. These were a little bit tricky to photograph for some reason.</p><p><br /></p><p>The small mask pieces are pocket sized. I'm looking forward to learning about them as well, if anyone has run across similar. Thanks![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Lucille.b, post: 374906, member: 51"]I almost thought that fork-like piece might be for hair ?? but these are totally out of my field and could be completely wrong. I usually avoid African pieces because there is so much tourist stuff out there, but the price was right and I noticed the older looking tape on the back had a name specified, which meant someone valued them on some level. I am not seeing a lot of age in these when in the hand, but could be vintage possibly. Looking back at the photos I took, I can see some photos are a bit overexposed. You can see the quarter is completely bleached out. So in real life, everything looks a bit darker. Sorry about that. These were a little bit tricky to photograph for some reason. The small mask pieces are pocket sized. I'm looking forward to learning about them as well, if anyone has run across similar. Thanks![/QUOTE]
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