Ahomka Mask Ghanaian Sese Wood Mask Sculpture with Aluminum Plating Chaquijya Artisan Women Working on a back strap

Working on a back strap loom

Mexican artisans Jesus and Roxana Hernandez handcraft the cheerful figurine from copal wood

carving it to form the body of this sculpture

etched filigree design

Ahomka Mask Ghanaian Sese Wood Mask Sculpture with Aluminum Plating Chaquijya Artisan Women Working on a back strapHand carved from naturally dried sese wood, this sculpture depicts a rectangular mask resting on a rectangular base. Ghanaian designer Rita Addo Zakour details wide eyes, alert to every movement, beneath an ornate headdress. The lovely piece receives applications of white clay and embossed aluminum. The base of the mask is also ornately adorned with embossed aluminum. The sculpture is name Ahkoma, an Akan word meaning 'satisfaction.' materials: Sese