Queen mother of the Ashanti Empire, Yaa Asantewaa is an important figure from the late 1800s and early 1900s, honored in this African mask. Ghanaian artisan Winfred Korley creates this mask, carved from sese wood to depict the African monarch. Asantewaa's face is split down the middle, showing black on one side and rustic beige on the other. A red cotton headband ties her hair together.