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<p>[QUOTE="Taupou, post: 3029624, member: 45"]It's in the general "style" of a traditional African mask from Benin, however the eyes are usually shown open, and there isn't that protrusion under the chin. The two dots at the bridge of the nose should be elongated lines, as well. </p><p><br /></p><p>Although the nose and general shape of the mask suggests Benin, it could be a decorator item, or someone's interpretation of a Benin mask. But I don't see any indication of it being "Middle Eastern."[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Taupou, post: 3029624, member: 45"]It's in the general "style" of a traditional African mask from Benin, however the eyes are usually shown open, and there isn't that protrusion under the chin. The two dots at the bridge of the nose should be elongated lines, as well. Although the nose and general shape of the mask suggests Benin, it could be a decorator item, or someone's interpretation of a Benin mask. But I don't see any indication of it being "Middle Eastern."[/QUOTE]
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