Progress Wood Mask from Africa Cutting Boards and copper wire with sterling

and copper wire with sterling silver hooks

8" H x 6" W x 0

This sculpture is creatively crafted without a midsection

stone of immortality according to the Maya

Progress Wood Mask from Africa Cutting Boards and copper wire with sterlingTall and stately, a slender personage rises above a larger face that represents the village as a whole. Daniel Nyadedzor carves a regal mask he names Nkosoo, which means 'development' or 'progress' in Ghana's Akan language. Often the council of elders in a community awards a piece like this to an individual who is industrious. materials: Sese wood and brass 15. 75 in. H x 5. 25 in. W x 1. 4 in. D