French Club members beautifully painted and decorated frames for their handcarved masks from the Ivory Coast. The people of this country produce the largest variety of masks in Africa. The carvings below represent masks that symbolize tranquility with their half-shut eyes and lines drawn near the mouth. La Cote D'Ivoire, as it prefers to be called, is one of thirty one African countries that speak French as a first or second language. There are over 115 million French speakers in Africa.
