Keeping Order Handcrafted Congo Zaire Wood Mask _artisan--novica-artisan-13040 5" / 75 cm 30

5" / 75 cm 30

especially at birthdays or afternoons spent with friends eating cake

Knit from 100% alpaca

Pads on the bottom to protect surfaces

forest green

Keeping Order Handcrafted Congo Zaire Wood Mask _artisan--novica-artisan-13040 5" / 75 cm 30This highly stylized mask represents a personage who wears a turban. Richly adorned with aluminum repouss, its colors are red and black. 'This mask is worn by the selected few in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Its purpose is for maintaining order in the community,' artisan Robert Nortey explains. 'These masks are meant for use on ritual or political occasions to arbitrate conflicts and punish wrongdoers.' materials: Sese wood and aluminum 18 in. H