Victor Addo Biney replicates the Osudum mask of the Akan people from Ghana's Akuapim region. The original mask hangs in a shrine near the Osudum Lake and features an elongated face with a round protruding mouth and triangular cutout eyes. Elaborate motifs embossed in aluminum decorate the mask. In 1983 this region of Ghana was under threat by severe bush fires, and the Aburi people noted only the waters from the Osudum Lake managed to put it out, hence the name of this mask, Osudum, which in the Akan language means quenching water.
Language: English
