Hand crafted wood ceremonial mask, in stylized owl head motif with natural dyes coloration details. Specifally used during the full moon ceremonies at night casting large and distorted shadows from fire while dancing about. Story goes this insites trabe participants into a kind of  members  aBurkina Faso (Upper Volta), West Africa, 42" long x 11" tall x 2" thick .. and go into trance kind of an African vision quest ..