Harvest Joy African Rubberwood Mask Wayan Neri Maya Artists of the Yucatán

Maya Artists of the Yucatán create it in the same way they have for centuries

She was found starving in a backyard competing with a larger dog for scraps

We all have that cat lover in our lives

Reads "A piece of my heart lives in heaven"

Most of the indigenous and rural artisans are women

Harvest Joy African Rubberwood Mask Wayan Neri Maya Artists of the YucatánAbdul Aziz Mohamadu carves and paints this intricate mask by hand. He names this piece Daimuwa, a Hausa word meaning 'worried'. Mohamadu explains, "Farmers wear the mask to remember the days of severe hunger. Although the festival is joyous and filled with merrymaking, the sight of this mask reminds people to keep their crops well and waste nothing". African rubberwood, copper wire & brass Handmade in & fairly traded from Ghana