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Product ID: 144615

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6.3" W x 16.9" H x 7.1" D

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Weight: 1.7 lbs

Sese wood and aluminum

Ships from NOVICA Office in Ghana.

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Akan mask, 'A Tree that Breaks the Axe'

"We need to be brave in whatever we do, and fight on to strive to be successful. That's why I called this mask 'Ofuntum,' which in Akan refers to a tree that breaks the axe," Walter Kuma explains. He carve the sese wood mask by hand decorates it with carefully embossed aluminum plates.

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Walter Kuma

"Africans adore carving, because it is filled with historic and spiritual significance."

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Walter Kuma

"My name is Walter Kuma, and I was born in Ghana on October 22, 1981. I got interested in Ghanaian and African carvings when I was a child, because they have been an important art form for many generations. Africans adore carving, because it is filled with historic and spiritual significance. So when I finished middle school I chose to learn the trade, and I was apprenticed to Mr. Kofi Adjei.

"Now I have my own workshop, where I design and carve the things I like. I also have three young apprentices learning the trade. I carve different masks that represent the value of the family, unity and our ancestors. African masks have a strong social, ethnic, historic and symbolic meaning. I have not attended any exhibitions personally, but the people that have bought my work have exhibited in their galleries or take them to different African-theme exhibitions."

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