Harvest Joy African Rubberwood Mask MDRM Intricate embroidery and beading down

Intricate embroidery and beading down the front

serpentine

Designed by Mata Traders and then handmade by a fair trade women's cooperative

The nuns provide employment training and support along with food and accommodations

By keeping it 5 – 7 feet above ground and near plants and flowers

Harvest Joy African Rubberwood Mask MDRM Intricate embroidery and beading downAbdul Aziz Mohamadu carves and paints this intricate mask by hand. He names this piece Daimuwa, a Hausa word meaning 'worried'. Mohamadu explains, "Farmers wear the mask to remember the days of severe hunger. Although the festival is joyous and filled with merrymaking, the sight of this mask reminds people to keep their crops well and waste nothing". African rubberwood, copper wire & brass Handmade in & fairly traded from Ghana