


Hand Carved African Wood Mask 'First Fruit' Item ID: 2671807023
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Walter Kuma
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"I joined Novica 15 years ago when my first sale was less than three dollars. Through Novica, I have been able to acquire a shop, but before I used to sell along the roadside. In the beginning, carrying the works all the way from Aburi to Accra was hectic, but with time I got used to it because of the help Novica was offering by listing our masks and sculptures.
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"My sales and production of woodworks have improved. I now produce higher-quality work. Some challenges I have encountered were with the means of transportation – in the process of getting my works to the local office, some of my pieces would get damaged due to mishandling.
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"My aim is to create more works for Novica."
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Original Artisan Story
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"My name is Walter Kuma, and I was born in Ghana on October 22, 1981. I got interested in Ghanaian and African carvings when I was a child, because they have been an important art form for many generations. Africans adore carving, because it is filled with historic and spiritual significance. So when I finished middle school I chose to learn the trade, and I was apprenticed to Mr. Kofi Adjei.
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"Now I have my own workshop, where I design and carve the things I like. I also have three young apprentices learning the trade. I carve different masks that represent the value of the family, unity and our ancestors. African masks have a strong social, ethnic, historic and symbolic meaning. I have not attended any exhibitions personally, but the people that have bought my work have exhibited in their galleries or take them to different African-theme exhibitions."
