Carved wood statue .. African? touristware or original old tribal art?

Thank you for any light you can shed on this 25" tall carved wood statue. It appears to have some age to it but I know sometimes they make things to look old. Is it indeed African?

 

It does indeed look african, holding a traditional adze .
I don't recognize it as being from a distinct people, nor do I believe it is old.

Imho...

 

@wildrose I was poking around the internet and found you can find carvings with similar faces and head gear identified as SENUFO PEOPLE

senufo stool carved figure

 

similar but.....while the one below is a $1500 Senufo carving from the 1950's...
yours is not .

Yours is tourist art and may have been carved by anyone not even remotely connected to the Senufo tribe...within the last 30 years.

 

Mother-and-Child Figure, 1800s-1900s
Africa, Guinea Coast, Ivory Coast, Senufo people, 19th-20th century
wood, Overall - h:63.60 cm (h:25 inches). James Albert and Mary Gardiner
Ford Memorial Fund 1961.198
http://www.clevelandart.org/art/1961.198

 

thanks so much for all the info!! Yikes I typed this out yesterday and forgot to hit reply! I'm sorry!