African Mask Batik Cotton Wall Hanging from Ghana, "Elerin Mask"

By Ghanaian artist Cecilia Adedunmola Adeniran, this cotton wall hanging depicts a traditional African mask. Surrounded by leaf motifs, the mask is portrayed in an abstract style. This wall hanging is decorated using the batik method, where a wax resist is hand-painted onto the fabric before being dyed with different colors. The wall hanging is named Elerin, meaning "smiling" in Yoruba.