“The Bird of Livelihood” – Cameroon

Mask of a beautiful woman. Her mouth is drawn and painted red, the color of love. Her nose is aquiline and carefully carved, and her eyes are closed. Her eyebrows are thin lines colored black, and on both sides of her cheeks are two ornamental diagonal lines. Her ears are small and painted red, her forehead is wide, and on her head is a hat on which sits a Koko bird, the symbol of livelihood, success, and a good life.