African Elephant Mask

African Elephant Mask
$49-00

African Wooden Tribal Elephant Mask

Height: 9 inches

An African hand carved wooden Tribal mask from Kenya. This mask has two kissing elephants on the forehead of the mask above the eyes. Used in traditional ceremonies there are a variety of masks similar to this with different animals carved into the mask. Each animal symbolizes a different persons position within a tribe.

The elephant mask is said to belong to the strong a mighty warrior who will do battle against rivals to protect this tribe. This African hand carved tribal Elephant mask from Kenya is carved by the artists of the Maasai (Masai) Mare tribe and is easily recognized due to the wonderful bright read colors commonly used in their artwork.

Each African tribal mask is an "original" work of art, individually hand carved, no two are exactly alike which adds to the value of each African mask. The original nature of tribal art will be reflected by variances from the African mask as shown, each piece of a specific style is similar, but not identical.