African masks are an essential part of the continent's cultural heritage, each representing a different tribe and tradition ...

Symbolism is extremely important in African wood carving. Almost every piece has deep cultural meanings or narrates stories ...

There are masquerade societies across Africa, and the organizations ... has the fang-baring head of an animal in the wooden carving serving as its mask. Dancers perform in ensembles made by ...

Only a handful of Wabanaki artists in recent years have mastered hand-carving wooden masks, but now eight emerging Mi'kmaw artists from Elsipogtog First Nation in New Brunswick are following in ...