"Mossi Tribe Mask"

   Don't wait. There's only 1 of these available. Medium: Hand Carved Wood and Jute Dimensions:Height: 4.1 feet/49 inches, 124 centimetersLength: 10 inches, 25 centimeters Region: Burkina Faso, West Africa Tribe: Mossi TribeApproximate Age: 69 years (1953) Availability: In Stock, Available to Ship Immediately  Item Number: M012 Collection: Tribal MasksTear Sheet: Available Upon RequestProvenance Report: "Mossi Tribe Mask"Condition: Excellent; Not previously owned; UndamagedSourcing: Fair Trade Certificate of Authenticity Provided 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 spirits protect the family from disease, accident, natural disaster, drought, in