Handmade Bapende Celebration African Wood Mask Archival Print In a huge pine box

In a huge pine box that she had nailed shut

and listening to the animals around will teach their sounds

From a bird’s-eye viewpoint

Burning love and crushing loss

It is also one of the commonest herbs in European cookery and used for flavoring many dishes

Handmade Bapende Celebration African Wood Mask Archival Print In a huge pine boxThis glistening mask with long horns replicates those used by Congo's Bapende people during male initiation rites. Kobina Asmah hand carves the sese wood mask and decorates it with glass beads and painted details in white, yellow, black, sea blue, and deep orange featuring a weathered finish. 16. 5" H x 6. 8" W x 2. 8" D