Kindly River Goddess Wood Mask _artisan--novica-artisan-6616 delicately held by sterling silver

delicately held by sterling silver

decorating it with complex beads of tiger's eye

cowrie shells

and featuring two carats of glittering purple amethyst

Kindly River Goddess Wood Mask _artisan--novica-artisan-6616 delicately held by sterling silverThis mask will certainly be the center of conversation. Salihu Ibrahim invokes her presence in the form of a highly ornate mask, carved by hand from sese wood. He embellishes the mask with a fantasy of color created with African trade beads. The Pende people live on the banks of the Kasai River in Zaire. Every time a river, stream or lake is purified, appreciation is shown to the gods and goddesses that inhabit the waters for their protection. Yearly