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Product ID: 82620
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Seeming to speak, red lips open to call out a warning perceived through wide eyes. Juliana Akandas designs a beautiful mask embellished with rich brass repoussé and painted by hand. Colorful beads and tufts of cotton thread pierce the nose, and the face curves like a crescent moon. Akandas names this mask Tayibo (evil spirits). In the Volta region of Ghana, such masks are used to frighten spirits from the rice plantations before harvest time.
- 1.09 kgs
- 2.4 lbs
- 45 cm H x 21 cm W x 15 cm D
- 17.75" H x 8.25" W x 6" D
- Sese wood, brass, beads and cotton thread
- Made in Ghana.
- Certified and shipped by our office in Ghana
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Juliana Akandas has received 2 microcredit loans with 0% interest from Kiva and Novica, the first for $1500 and the most recent for $500. Proceeds were used to purchase wood and paint in bulk for her wood carvings.
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