Emmanuel Austin Ankude in Ghana crafts this expressive mask to honor the Kongo people, a Bantu ethnic group who have lived along the Atlantic coast of Africa. The artisan hand carves the mask from sese wood with a protruding tongue, then paints the...
Emmanuel Austin Ankude in Ghana crafts this expressive mask to honor the Kongo people, a Bantu ethnic group who have lived along the Atlantic coast of Africa. The artisan hand carves the mask from sese wood with a protruding tongue, then paints the...