Ahoofe Mask of the Fulani Tribe

in Ghana, Africa

Hand carved and Designed by a Fulani Tribe member. Tag attached. 

approximately 18" long and 3.5" wide at top

The Fulani are an ethnic group of people who can be found mainly in Ghana, West Africa, but also in Central Africa and the Sudan.

The Fulani carve beauty masks, as they believe that their women are the most beautiful in all of West Africa. This is one of those masks. It is called the “Ahoofe" mask which in the Akan language of Ghana means beautiful.

These striking masks are hand carved and decorated with plates made of brass and other soft metals. The mask symbolically protects the feminine beauty of their tribe and the metal plates are used to shield and protect parts of the face from sand and windstorms.

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