perfect facemask

Perfect for keeping eyeglasses or face mask handy, this lanyard is both practical and beautiful. Costa Rican artisan Rebeca Zamora creates the lanyard from supple brown leather, adding a cute multicolored cotton tassel.

Inspired by African royalty, Ghanaian artisan Ibrahim Seyeed designs an elegant African mask. Perfect for displaying on a tabletop, the mask is hand-carved of local sese wood, featuring a diamond shape below the round face. Sayeed paints it in colors of brown, red, and yellow, accenting the face and base with embossed aluminum and brass that reflects traditional scarification practices. A bird rests atop the head. Sayeed names the mask naab poak, meaning "queen" in the Wala language.

The serene silence of a resting spirit is captured in the soft, rhythmic contours of this hand-carved sese wood wall mask. Ghanaian designer Jane Mbilla named it Obi adae, which derives from Twi words that can be translated into “restful soul” or “someone at peace,” which perfectly captures the mask's tranquil expression. The wooden surface is treated with natural dyes to achieve a weathered, antiqued patina, while deliberate highlights of the raw grain remain around the eyes and mouth to create a striking organic contrast. Every elongated line and smooth curve reinforces the meditative expression of the face, offering a sense of profound tranquility to any interior environment.