Can anyone help me identify these two pieces? Thank you.
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These are both hand carved pieces. The mask does not appear to be one that is worn, The stick is also tribal hand carved with a African Swahili word- Jambo- which is Swahili greeting or salutation. en.wikipedia.org/
I believe both of these were probably made for the tourist trade several years ago and this is how the tribes made their living expenses.
My daughter visited Africa as a guide several times in the late 70-80's and these are the type of items that most of the visitors wanted to bring home. Not sure how old these are but most of the items were made the same except for 'handmade' differences.
There are groups on Facebook that help identify items like this and also groups on Reddit. You can join Reddit and post your pictures as these members usually answer quickly.
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I am sorry....can you add some details:
Can you show what the word is on what appears to be the walking stick? It looks like an tourist piece, but I can't see the word--is it Tambro? Jambro? Iambro?
Also what are the words you are showing and do they belong to the mask?
Perhaps with more info, I can offer some help!
Thanks!
Both of these pieces are from Africa and more than likely they were bought in a tourist show when someone visited there. The stick that you are showing is a bit short for a walking stick and normally these walking sticks are much larger that is why I am saying they are tourist items. If the walking stick was authentic it would be a bit larger and longer. These sticks were given to people and were always hand-carved. I believe someone has carved these items to represent the original items to sell to tourists who visit their village.
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