SUKU STYLE MASK 31 15-22" high $600 |
MASK 32 17-22.5" high $700 |
SUKU STYLE MASK 33 16-22" high $700 |
MASK 34 16.5- 27" high $600 |
SUKU STYLE MASK 35 19.5-21.5" high $700 |
MASK 25 14.5" high $400 |
Worn during male initiation ceremonies, masks like these represented all departed ancestors. Mourning songs were sung during the ritual; the vertical lines on the face are tears. Neighbors of the Yaka, Suku masks are more conservative in their facial treatments. Although styles vary, there is usually a massive collar of raffia and often a figure or animal on the top of the mask.
The measurements are first for the mask, then the mask including the raffia. How the mask is displayed or mounted affects the second measurement.
Only #25 is not a helmet mask.
Masks 31, 34 and 35 have an extension in the front on the bottom for holding/steadying the mask by hand when worn. Details on those pages.
Despite their apperance, these masks show no evidence of having been danced and were probably made to be sold.
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