"Mossi Tribe Mask"

 Don't wait. There's only 1 of these available. Medium: One of a Kind Hand Carved Wood Dimensions:Height: 2.7 feet/32 inches, 81 centimeters (including mask stand)Length: 7 inches, 18 centimeters Region: Burkina Faso, West Africa Tribe: Mossi TribeApproximate Age: 59 years (1963) Availability: In Stock, Available to Ship Immediately Item Number: M003 Collection: Tribal MasksTear Sheet: Available Upon RequestProvenance Report: "Mossi Tribe Mask"Condition: Excellent; Not previously owned; UndamagedSourcing: Fair Trade Certificate of Authenticity Provided  Custom-made mask stand included with your purchase The Mossi use masks at burials, funerals, and initiations, and at annual year-end ancestral sacrifices. They represent spirits from the wild bush areas surrounding the village, which may appear to humans as animals. When masks are not being worn in performances, they are placed on ancestral shrines in the kimse roogo, or ancestral spirit house of the family that owns them. The spirit