Black Sankofa Fair Trade Wood Sculpture of Sankofa Bird from Ghana _artisan--novica-artisan-10307 Arturo Aj Canil creates this

Arturo Aj Canil creates this mask

Exquisitely beautiful

' says Mexican artisan Alejandro de Esesarte

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Black Sankofa Fair Trade Wood Sculpture of Sankofa Bird from Ghana _artisan--novica-artisan-10307 Arturo Aj Canil creates thisArtisan Ali Ibrahim of Ghana carves a sculpture that represents a traditional West African adinkra symbol and proverb. A bird is depicted with its head turned backwards, taking an egg off its back. The word sankofain the Twi dialect of Ghana means to 'reach back and take it'; in other words, to return to one's roots or take what is good from the past. The artisan carves the sculpture by hand from sese wood and decorates it with embossed aluminum